VIDEO. Australian Open 2025: shortly after Gaël Monfils’ feat in Melbourne, his wife in turn delivered a major performance!

What a crazy morning for the Monfils-Svitolina couple! This Saturday, January 18, the French Tennis player signed one of the greatest feats of his career. At 38, he managed to dominate the American Taylor Fritz (27), 4th player in the world, and qualify for the round of 16 of the Australian Open. A singular performance.

As soon as his meeting was over, and the media obligations honoured, the Parisian did not return to rest: he sat down in the aisles of the Margaret Court Arena, to follow the meeting of… his wife! Elina Svitolina.

The 30-year-old Ukrainian, currently 27th in the world, also faced very tough opposition: the Italian Jasmine Paolini, 4th in the world. Beaten in the first round, Svitolina never trembled, and ended up reversing the trend to win solidly (2-6, 6-3, 6-0).

She will face in a Ukrainian-Russian clash Polina Kudermetova (57th) while her husband Gaël Monfils will challenge the American Ben Shelton (20th). “It was a crazy battle,” Svitolina reacted after her victory. “I would like to say that I was inspired by my husband’s victory but… I played very poorly in the first set, so I don’t know if I was really inspired to be honest,” she said. -she underlined after having written “Love Ukraine” on the camera at the end of the court.

“All Ukrainians have this fighting spirit,” she continued. “At every level, we fight for what is ours. Fighting is in our blood.”