Speaking to the Ukrainian website BTU, Elina Svitolina spoke about how she stays in shape during the WTA Tour suspension.
The 25-years-old Ukrainian is currently playing the best tennis of her life. After reaching career-high 3rd place in the WTA Ranking back in 2017, she managed to win the WTA Finals in 2018 and reach the Wimbledon and US Open semifinals in 2019. She didn't start the 2020 season very well when she lost already in the 3rd round of the Australian Open.
Svitolina later triumphed in Monterrey what was her last tournament before the Tour suspension. Now, she spoke about how she currently stays in shape.
”I managed to practice both with Gael Monfils and Stan Wawrinka. I am doing it just to physically be ready to go to court. Then I leave for a while in Monaco and further on arrival, about a month before the tournaments, I will begin to work with my coach Andrew Bettles. Then I will focus more on work on the court. To be honest, we still don’t know on which surface it is better to train. I think that I will prepare for hard," said Svitolina.
"I will play in Berlin from 13 to 19 July. We know that now there is a very big chance that both the US Open and French Open will take place, because everything is beginning to open slowly, although there will be strict measures. I think that by the end of August or September there will be tournaments held. Officially there are no announcements, but I'm in the mindset that I'll need to train soon, so the tournament in Berlin is a good start."