Svitolina explains the key to her great moment: "I feel like I'm back"

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Elina Svitolina became the happiest woman in Paris this morning after completing an epic comeback against Jasmine Paolini, the number 4 in the world. As is customary in Grand Slams, the Ukrainian tennis player transformed herself at this Roland Garros 2025 to secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the French tournament.

Minutes after sealing her victory, with some time to process a match in which she had to save two match points, Elina went to the press conference to analyze her current great tennis moment, comparing it with her performance on the circuit a few seasons ago.

A tough battle

"It was a tough battle. I am very happy to have kept fighting, battling for my shots, and being able to win this match. I faced three match points against me, it was very challenging, so I am happy to have stayed in the fight and played well in the third set."

About those three match points against

"I tried to stick to my game plan, stay in the match, fight, and be aggressive, trying to find my opportunities to come back. Jasmine played very well in the first and second set, the match was very tight in the second set. I knew I had to give myself the chance to fight to stay in the match, leave everything on the court, that if I lost in two sets, it was due to her merits."

Her level

"I feel I have had two very good years back on the circuit. In the first one, I returned to the Top 20 in a few months. Then I had an injury that didn't let me finish the season. Last September, I had surgery, so the combination of many factors didn't allow me to play a full year. Now, after that operation, I played well in Australia and now on clay, I feel good, I feel like I'm back with my tennis. I have to work hard to earn opportunities to go further."

The war in Ukraine and her foundation

"The war has been going on for over three years now. I want to focus on the innocent people who are suffering in Ukraine, the children, the children who are suffering in Ukraine. Children are our future, and we have to take care of them. Through my foundation, I try to give them the opportunity to continue practicing sports, to keep dreaming, to keep training, to have one or two hours a day to enjoy sports, to disconnect for a moment and just be children.

Children who are not in the war, but in the United States, here in France, who can simply enjoy sports, enjoy tennis. I try to do everything possible to raise money for my foundation and have more opportunities for them," said Elina, who confesses she has raised over a million dollars over these three years.

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