"They need to ask Elina Svitolina for anything": Monfils gives one piece of advice to Tsitsipas and Badosa on having a tennis relationship

French tennis star Gael Monfils has asked the couple of Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas and Spain’s Paula Badosa to take advice from his wife Elina Svitolina to name themselves.

Tsitsipas and Badosa went public about their affair recently started calling their couple ‘Tsitsidosa’.

Monfils, who is married to Ukraine’s number one tennis player Svitolina, has a family name GEMS which stands for (G)ael, (E)lina, M(onfils), S(vitolina).

The 36-year-old, while expressing best wishes for Tsitsipas and Badosa, revealed that it was his wife who came up with the GEMS name and that she might be the best person to give solid advise to the new power couple in the circuit.

"You know, it’s funny because someone told me about that. GEMS Life, the community manager was 100 percent Elina Svitolina,” he said. “So they need to ask her for anything. But it’s always great to see a couple in tennis.

"Yeah, and it’s nice to see that it can happen. I always wish all the couples the best. It’s something tough to describe because it’s very personal. But I hope every couple in tennis can enjoy themselves and be happy together.”

On the court, Monfils had another frustrating outing in the Citi DC Open where he was knocked out from the third round after losing to Tallon Griekspoor of Netherlands with a score of 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.