Tennis star Svitolina says emotional toll of Ukraine war led to Monfils separation

01Summary

1. 01The couple married in 2021 and have a four-year-old daughter named Skai.
2. 02Svitolina, ranked world number six, wrote in an Instagram post that the war had caused her to lose herself.
3. 03She said her daughter will always come first and that although the marriage is ending, the family is not.
4. 04Monfils, 40, listened and respected her needs with strength and grace, she said.
5. 05Svitolina grew up in Odesa, a Ukrainian Black Sea port city heavily bombed by Russia since the invasion began in February 2022.