Tennis: Elina Svitolina Schwanger

The Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina becomes a mother for the first time. The 27-year-old announced on social media on Sunday. Father is the French tennis professional Gael Monfils (35), with whom she has been married since last July. "With the heart full of love and happiness, we are happy to be able to communicate that we are expecting a girl in October," said the former third world number in the world rankings. To do this, she put a photo of herself and Monfils, who puts his hands on her stomach.

Switolina announced during the week that she was "mentally drained" from the consequences of the war in her homeland and that she would not compete with the French Open in Paris. Articles and videos on the topic * 1,000 victory! Djoker in the final against Tsitsipas * Top sport live on dazn.

Register now! Can be canceled at any time. The Ukrainian has not played on the WTA tour since the end of March, now the break will be a little longer for a nice reason.