During a chat with Mark Petchey on the Big T podcast, the Ukrainian was more than happy to share a bit about her husband, especially since returning from an injury break in such strong form.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s good,\u201d she began, before highlighting how much he\u2019s enjoying spending more time at home with their daughter.<\/p>\n
Svitolina continued: \u201cIt\u2019s great to see him off court and just being and enjoying it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, of course, you know, lots of pressure for him for this year, but also I think very special moments for him. And especially with Roland Garros coming up, it\u2019s going to be special for everybody. So we\u2019re going to save some tears for that occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think it\u2019s just incredible to be next to him and really supporting him on this journey.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked by Petchey what Monfils had planned after stepping away from tennis, Svitolina offered a clear response: \u201cYeah, he is ready for it. He cannot wait for the journey. He already knows what he is going to do. He\u2019s going into finance.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has been talking about it and looking forward to it already. And you know I think he is the kind of person that thinks quite a few steps ahead \u2013 so am I \u2013 so I would say we are in good shape as far as that goes.<\/p>\n
French tennis looks well placed for life after Gael Monfils<\/p>\n
While fans will certainly feel the loss of one of the sport\u2019s most popular personalities, there is plenty of reason to believe French tennis will be just fine.<\/p>\n
Just last month, Arthur Fils matched a long-standing record held by Monfils, in what felt like a clear changing-of-the-guard moment.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old has bounced back from an injury-hit 2025 season in impressive fashion and is already being talked about as a potential challenger to the likes of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n
The two players have spoken before, with Fils saying last year:<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has helped me a lot, both on and off the court, to become a good man and grow up. He\u2019s a very kind person, and when I was young, I used to watch him play.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe incredible points he made\u2026 For us French, he\u2019s a legend.\u201d<\/p>\n
And as far back as 2023, Monfils had said: \u201cI\u2019ve known him for a long time. We\u2019ve been chatting, even before he cracked the Top 100 and before he won his first title. I always told him: \u2018Feel free to call me.\u2019 He\u2019s from France so I want to protect him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During a chat with Mark Petchey on the Big T podcast, the Ukrainian was more than happy to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-670724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}