However, nothing destined her to take this path. Ukrainian blood and French heart, a single life filled with a deep story. Born in the cold of December 2001 in Boïarka, a town with a strong Slavic influence on the outskirts of kyiv (Ukraine), Carole Monnet goes beyond borders. At 22 years old and alongside her trainer Hervé Romain who has been with her for more than 10 years, she tells us her extraordinary story and reveals a young woman full of resilience, capable of anything to achieve her goals. This Friday, May 31, she will be associated with her compatriot Estelle Cascino to compete in the women’s doubles draw at Roland Garros.
A vital love for tennis
A few months after her birth, Carole Monnet was placed in an orphanage in Ukraine. At the age of two, she was adopted by a French family and grew up with two brothers. Very quickly, she decided to follow in their footsteps and chose athletics, which became her favorite sport. But little by little and as she grew up, her elders made the choice to stop and the adopted Toulouse woman had a deep interest in the little yellow ball, and the man who would later become her model, Novak Djokovic. What she admires about him: his game, his talent, but above all his story, him who left Belgrade to flee the war.
I really enjoyed running, jumping and kicking the ball. Then I wanted to get into it more seriously.
It was at 8 years old at TC Muret that Carole Monnet hit her first balls, and very quickly, she got into the game. At 12 years old, she was ranked 15/3. Honorable, but a ranking that places her far from all the best of her year of age. “At the start, it was completely recreational. I really enjoyed running, jumping and kicking the ball. Then I wanted to get into it more seriously. » And this…” It is…
