Svitolina, not shy about strong feelings for her native Ukraine, gets a fourth-round matchup at Wimbledon against a Belarusian she’s winless against in five meetings. “A lot of Ukrainians will be supporting me. I will put the fighting spirit on,” she said.
But when Wimbledon qualifier Sofia Kenin and wild card-recipient Elina Svitolina faced off in the third round Friday, it was comeback quest vs. comeback quest, the iron will of a former Grand Slam champion clawing her way back up the rankings after years in the wilderness against the steel of a new mother reigniting her career and playing for her war-torn country.
Svitolina said she initially had wanted to take more time off after giving birth, but she sped up her timeline after she began hitting and some of her coaches — and some of the coaches of her husband, tennis player Gael Monfils, and some of the coaches at her local club — told her she was playing well. She found it hard to ignore that many coaches.
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