Svitolina returned to tennis six months after becoming a mother

Elina Svitolina will return to the women’s professional circuit, the WTA Tour, at the US 500 tournament in Charleston, which will take place from April 1 to 9 in this South Carolina town.

The organization of the event announced the return of the Ukrainian by delivering an invitation.

Svitolina has not competed for more than a year, on March 24 when British Heather Watson defeated her at the Miami 2022 tournament.

He then mentions the need for a parenthesis because of the difficulty of competing when an invasion occurs in his country. This period also required an important personal change as she became the mother in October 2022 of the girl Skai, the result of his sentimental relationship with the French tennis player Gael Monfils, who also continued his racket career more often.

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Svitolina, 28, occupies 875th place in a world ranking where she was number three in September 2017. She has 16 titles, including the 2018 WTA Finals.

Svitolina and WTA Charleston will hold an event to benefit Ukraine and the tennis player’s Foundation, which has been very active in seeking aid and support for her country since the Russian invasion. They will continue the Tennis Players for Peace pro-am project, which in 2022 raised $100,000 in favor of the tennis player’s country of origin.

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