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French Open: Elina Svitolina wants to bring 'joy' to Ukrainians - 'It's important to give them this light'

Elina Svitolina says she is hoping to bring «joy» to the people of Ukraine on her return to competitive action. The Ukrainian is competing at a Grand Slam for the first time in 16 months having taken maternity leave from the tour before giving birth to her first child with her husband, Gael Monfils. Ad During that time Russia's war on her home country has raged on.

Svitolina, currently ranked 191 in the world, returned to the tour for the clay swing in April and recorded her first top-30 win since her comeback against last year's semi-finalist Martina Trevisan in the first round at Roland-Garros on Monday. Roland-Garros'Treasure moments on the court' — Svitolina reveals home life helps her return to tennis12 HOURS AGO The former world No. 3 says she hopes to offer the people of Ukraine «motivation» and «joy» during a time of war in her home country.

«This pause really helped me to realise where I am with my life,» she said. «What are the priorities. And that's why for me, you know, I try to help as much as possible Ukrainian people, Ukrainian kids, you know, they are our future.

»It's extremely important to give them this light, this future that they, that they can have and you know, this motivation as well because it's extremely tough for them to live under the bombs under the alarms all the time. So I try to bring this joy and help as much as I can." 'Treasure moments on the court' — Svitolina reveals home life helps her return to tennis Djokovic playing tennis 'on his terms' at French Open says Henman Garcia pleased with 'incredible atmosphere' at French Open after first-round victory over Wang Svitolina recalls her experience of when the war began and how it affected her psychologically. She said: «It's for sure it's

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