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 […]
MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 25, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As Day Four of the Miami Open presented by Itaú unfolded at Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday, American Shelby Rogers arrived for her second-round match against World No. 5 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine bidding for her […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 2, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ekaterina Alexandrova had begun her season in fine form, reaching the semifinals of the Gippsland Trophy in Australia bookended by a couple of third-round performances in Abu Dhabi and the Australian Open. She […]
