STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 15, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) On the eve of her opening match at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina sat down with reporters to discuss what it’s meant to return to the WTA Top 10, her […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 29, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Aryna Sabalenka became just the third player in the Open Era to reach four consecutive women’s singles finals at the Australian Open, after her convincing semifinal victory over No. 12 seed Elina Svitolina […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 1, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) As the second week of Roland-Garros unfolded Sunday, No. 13 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine saved three match points in the second set against last year’s finalist, No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini of […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 18, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) They are the power couple of tennis – France’s Gaël Monfils and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine – married for nearly four years, and parents of a daughter, Skaï, who turns three in May. […]
WASHINGTON, August 1, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Monday evening’s prime-time match at the Mubadala Citi DC Open, a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 victory by Elina Svitolina over Belarus’s Victoria Azarenka, in a rematch of their round-of-16 meeting at Wimbledon, was the Ukrainian […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 7, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Elina Svitolina, a former Top-5 player, knows all too well that there will be tough days on the tennis court. However, since becoming a mom, her perspective has changed a lot. Add a […]
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) U24, the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine, has named Elina Svitolina as its new ambassador. “Every time I won on the court, I was happy to bring victory […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 2, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Elina Svitolina’s 6-2, 6-1 victory over Anastasia Potapova at the WTA 250 Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, Mexico was a superb and emotional performance that lasted barely an hour. The top seed and […]
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) It has been an extraordinary week in professional tennis. Besides a new No. 1 in men’s tennis being crowned not named Federer, Nadal, Murray or Djokovic for the first time since February 2004, […]
STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It’s been a little more than two weeks since Elina Svitolina said “Yes” to the beginning of her forever with Gaël Monfils, the acrobatic and entertaining French tennis star. The highly-recognizable couple has […]
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