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Svitolina thanks husband Monfils for visit hours after French Open marathon
Updated On: 01 June, 2023 09:35 AM IST | Paris | AFP
Hours after his late-night five-set win over Sebastian Baez, France’s Gael Monfils turns up courtside to support wife Elina Svitolina
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Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina and France’s Gael Monfils. Pics/Getty Images
Elina Svitolina battled back from a set and a break down to beat Storm Hunter and reach the third round at the French Open on Wednesday, just 12 hours after her husband Gael Monfils’ late-night escape act.
Svitolina defeats Hunter
Ukrainian Svitolina, playing at a Grand Slam event for the first time since the 2022 Australian Open, downed qualifier Hunter 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Home favourite Monfils claimed his first win in nine months in a five-set first-round thriller against Sebastian Baez 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5, which finished after midnight in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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