Married to the Ukrainian tenniswoman Elisa Svitolina, Gaël Monfils does not accept the criticisms which are addressed to her couple on the social networks. The best French player of the moment evoked this sensitive subject in The Parisianon newsstands this April 8.
No French player in the Top 10 of the ATP and WTA rankings, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who hangs up his rackets, Benoît Paire who keeps breaking his… Tricolor tennis has been walking in the shade for several months, failing to compensate for this generation gap. One of the last hopes of lifting a Grand Slam trophy rests on the shoulders of Gael Monfils, world number 22 but whose performances vary according to his moods and personal problems. And his state of mind at the moment is more occupied with the situation affecting the country of his wife, the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, than with the regularity of his two-handed backhand. “Frankly, it’s thanks to her that I play”confessed the Parisian titi in the columns of Parisianthis April 8.
“I am in awe of my wife”
Because if the native of Odessa, injured in the back and mentally exhausted, decided to take a break, she nevertheless went to Monterrey and Indian Wells, determined to represent her country. A courage greeted by his companion, very moved by this resilience. “I am in awe of my wife. It’s just exceptional to find so much energy, willpower in moments like this. Hat…”, declared this whole athlete.
This is why his blood only turns when he sees haters insulting the one who shares his life on social networks. “When she loses and I read ‘dirty p*** is going to die’, I want to say it’s straight prison man””, he lamented, while the players are increasingly subjected to big depressions because of this relentlessness. Gaël Monfils has therefore decided to make it his battle.
