Elina Svitolina has announced her divorce from fellow tennis star Gael Monfils in a lengthy, emotional post on social media on Monday.
"Everyone knows how much Ukraine means to me," she wrote in a post shared on her and Monfils' Instagram accounts. "What I have rarely spoken about is what the war has done to me inside. Last year, I told you I needed to step away from the court because I wasn’t in the right emotional space. Today, I want to open up a little more. What you didn’t see were the sleepless nights, the doubts, and the feeling of slowly losing myself."
She went on to talk about how that connected to the end of her marriage to Monfils: "With time, I came to understand that I need to find my way back to myself and that I cannot do that within
our marriage. It is the hardest truth I have ever had to face and the hardest thing I have ever had to tell the person I love. Gaël listened. He has respected what I need with a strength and grace I will never forget."
You can read the entire post below:
How long were Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina married for?
They started dating in 2018 and were married in 2021.
Who is Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina's daughter?
Her name is Skai. She was born in 2022 and Svitolina talked about her in the post:
Skai will always come first. Our marriage is ending, but our family is not. We will always be her parents, side by side, at every step of her life.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Elina Svitolina reveals Gael Monfils divorce decision in deeply emotional post
