“It is nice to have her,” Tennis mom Elina Svitolina opens up on spending quality time with baby Skai and husband Gael Monfils in 2024 Australian Open

Elina Svitolina expresses her happiness about her daughter being with her at the first Grand Slam title of the season.

“It is nice to have her,” Tennis mom Elina Svitolina opens up on spending quality time with baby Skai and husband Gael Monfils in 2024 Australian Open

Elina Svitolina with her daughter Skai (image via: Instagram)

The Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina expressed her happiness that her daughter Skai is with her and her husband, Gael Monfils. 

The two tennis stars who married each other back in 2021 are both in the draw for the Australian Open. Svitolina, who gave birth to her daughter Skai, is trying to maintain a balance between her professional tennis career and motherhood. The 29-year-old took a break for about one year from tennis and came back in April last season. 

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In a recent interview with the Melbourne Press, Svitolina opened up about how happy she and her husband Gael Monfils are to have her daughter with her at the first Grand Slam title of the new season. 

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Skai is here with us. It was a long trip all the way from Europe, first New Zealand & now here. I'm happy that I brought her with me. I had some trips without her, like Wimbledon, for example. To US Open, as well, she didn't come.
Svitolina said in the interview.

Svitolina has had a great start to the season so far, reaching the finals of the ASB Classic in Auckland. In the Australian Open, too, Svitolina convincingly beat Taylah Preston in straight sets to reach the second round of the tournament. 

But now since she's already 1 year & 4 months, you know, it's a little easier with long flights. Even though it was not easy for us because she got very sick the day before we left, so we had to push back the flight.
Continuing further, she added

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Elina Svitolina has been a completely different ever since her return

Svitolina, since she came back from the break, has been in superb flow in the WTA tournaments as well as the Grand Slams. 

The Ukrainian reached the quarterfinals of the French Open and also made it to the semis of Wimbledon, beating World No. 1 Iga Swiatek. 

Elina Svitolina has expressed her happiness regarding her daughter Skai being with her and her husband in the Grand Slams in Australia.
Elina Svitolina (image via: tennishead)

With this superb form and momentum, the former World No. 3 will be one of the top contenders for the title at Melbourne Park. 

She has a decent record in Australia, reaching the quarterfinals three consecutive times in 2018 and 2019. The Ukrainian will face Viktoriya Tomova in the second round of the tournament. 

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