Elina Svitolina Upsets No. 1 Iga Świątek at Wimbledon 9 Months After Giving Birth

Elina Svitolina is into the Wimbledon semifinals for the 2nd time in her occupation, however this one comes factual 9 months after she gave delivery to her first child with husband Gaël Monfils.

Unseeded coming into the tournament, Svitolina upset No. 1 Iga Świątek 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 in Tuesday’s quarterfinal match.

Svitolina launched the delivery of her daughter, Skaï Monfils, in an Oct. 15 put up on Twitter.

Svitolina went one paunchy one year without playing competitive tennis. In an Instagram put up from March 29, 2022, the 28-one year-passe launched she modified into going to rob a ruin to specialize in her bodily and psychological nicely being.

About a weeks later, Svitolina and Monfils launched she modified into pregnant with their first child. She made her return to the court in April as a wild-card entry towards Yulia Putintseva in the Charleston Delivery.

Putintseva gained the match in three gadgets. Svitolina’s first match gain modified into over Despina Papamichail on the L’Delivery 35 de Saint Malo in France. She improved to the semifinals in that tournament earlier than losing to Sloane Stephens.

The French Delivery modified into Svitolina’s first Colossal Slam occasion since the 2022 Australian Delivery. She gained four matches earlier than falling to Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals.

Svitolina modified into given a wild-card entry into Wimbledon and defeated Venus Williams in the principle round. She adopted that up with wins over three ranked opponents, together with Elise Mertens, Victoria Azarenka and Świątek.

The last time Svitolina reached the semifinals at Wimbledon, she misplaced to Simona Halep in straight gadgets in 2019.

Svitolina has by no methodology reached the final at a Colossal Slam tournament in her occupation. She’s going to rob on Marketa Vondrousova in the semifinal on Thursday.