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Svitolina ends marriage citing Ukraine war's toll
Tennis star Elina Svitolina announces separation from Gaël Monfils, saying the emotional impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine made it impossible to stay married.
In brief
Tennis star Elina Svitolina announces separation from Gaël Monfils, saying the emotional impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine made it impossible to stay married. Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has ended her marriage to French former player Gaël Monfils, citing the emotional toll of the war in her country…
Svitolina announces end of marriage
Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina, ranked number six in the world, has announced the end of her marriage to French former player Gaël Monfils.
War's emotional toll made marriage impossible
In an Instagram post, the thirty-two-year-old wrote that she needed to find her way back to herself and could not do that within her marriage.
“Some battles happen deep inside you, and no amount of love from someone else can win them for you.”
Monfils respected her decision, daughter comes first
Svitolina said her forty-year-old husband listened and respected what she needed with strength and grace.The couple married in twenty twenty-one and have a four-year-old daughter called Skai.
“our marriage is ending, but our family is not”
The essence
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has ended her marriage to French former player Gaël Monfils, citing the emotional toll of the war in her country.
