Even after giving birth and accepting a wild card, the Ukrainian tennis sensation Elina Svitolina shines brighter than ever at Wimbledon, having already made the semi-finals. And to move into the semifinals, the 28-year-old tennis player upset Iga Swiatek, the current world number one, making it undoubtedly one of the finest victories of her tennis career.
She viewed her comeback as a chance to start over but now as it turns out that she certainly meant playing more aggressive tennis on the court. And when questioned about the possibility of her winning Wimbledon this year, she laughed off the reporter’s question rather than directly responding to it. Let’s find out more.
Wimbledon semi-finalist Elina Svitolina reminded of her past comments in a hilarious exchange
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As the Ukrainian tennis player has defeated the three-time Grand Slam champion, she definitely has an appetite for beating more celebrated opponents as she is cruising her way to clinch the Wimbledon title this year. And after defeating the Polish tennis player, a reporter recalled the 76th-ranked tennis player’s words regarding how she had tagged people as crazy while they made amazing predictions that she would make it to the semi-final.
In the post-press conference, the 28-year-old was happily answering all the questions regarding her victory over the world number one. One of the questions was this: “You said on court if someone told you you?d be in the SF, you?d think they?re crazy. You?re in the SF. You just beat world #1. Can you win Wimbledon?”
“You said on court if someone told you you’d be in the SF, you’d think they’re crazy. You’re in the SF. You just beat world #1. Can you win Wimbledon?”
Elina Svitolina: “You’re crazy” 😂
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) July 11, 2023
Being in a jolly mood, she replied, “You?re crazy.” And along with that, she laughed her heart out. She appeared to be dismissing her chances. Apart from that, there is another issue that is at the forefront of her mind. And it has to do with the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
A few days ago, the Ukrainian tennis player made a serious no-handshake suggestion to the Wimbledon organizers. She made it very clear what she wanted. Let’s see it was all about.
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Svitolina’s stern suggestion to tennis organizers?
Without a doubt, the match between Svitolina and Victoria Azarenka has been one of the best so far from this edition. However, there was some drama that caused a commotion among the tennis spectators from Ukraine and Belarus as they didn’t shake hands after the match.
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The 33-year-old was then subjected to a lot of uncool behavior from the crowd. To which, she asked the tennis organizations to provide the correct declaration that there will be no handshake between the Ukrainian players and the Russian and Belarusian players.
Anyway, what do you think, do you think she can go all the way at Wimbledon? Let us know in the comments section below.