Passing through Paris last week, to participate in a conference on the mental health of athletes as part of Global Sports Week, a meeting dedicated to the economics of sport, the best Ukrainian tennis player, Elina Svitolina, confided in a box at the Accor Arena (Bercy) to a few media, including
Le Figaro
.
Head elsewhere than in his sport, the former world number 3, fallen to 27th place, has not replayed in competition since his elimination in the first round of the Miami tournament on March 24.
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Marked face, the 27-year-old player, bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, is obviously very affected by the conflict that has hit her country since February 24.
As she is expecting a child with her husband Gaël Monfils, she does not hide her emotion, does not hesitate to step up to testify to the atrocities of the war and calls for the banishment of Russian and Belarusian players from tennis competitions.
LE FIGARO.
- On March 29, you announced…
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