“Once you discover out you are pregnant you hope all the pieces goes effectively, however you even have to contemplate the lifelike choice of not having the ability to come again. On the time, it took me a number of months to understand that, to have a distinct perspective on my profession. I feel this helped me once I got here again. With out expectations, I got here again even sooner, as a result of I did not count on to do it already in Charleston.”
These are the phrases spoken by Elina Svitolina in an interview for the Roland Garros web site. When you find yourself knowledgeable athlete just like the Ukrainian tennis participant, there are a lot of questions you ask your self earlier than returning to play. The physique is topic to totally different adjustments and expressing the identical stage shouldn’t be at all times straightforward. Analyzing the opposite facet of the coin, it’s actually not straightforward to spend so much of time away out of your family members. Changing into mother and father for the primary time represents an enormous step in each particular person’s life.
Specializing in her daughter Skaï, Svitolina informed: “It’s extremely onerous for us to be away from her, however it’s vital that she has her routine at her home. She has two grandmothers who handle her. We at all times come again as quickly as we will, a brief flight and we’re there. We’re looking for a steadiness. It is more durable for me to journey once I do not get the outcomes I would like, as a result of I want to be at dwelling with Skaï,”
“I’ve at all times had huge objectives, like all gamers: to win a Slam, to be primary on the planet. However I feel it is vital to concentrate on the journey we have made through the years: I have been within the prime 10 and prime 5, which can already be sufficient. It’s important to transfer ahead with what you have got and settle for your self. After I was quantity 50 on the planet, I labored onerous to get to the highest 10. I believed that after I achieved my aim I’d not fear about outcomes and rankings. In actuality you have got many factors to defend and extra stress. Issues have not modified,” she added.
