Ukraine’s
Elina Svitolina has opened up about a painful
journey she suffered because of a foot injury. The 30-year-old suffered with a
foot injury in 2024 which ended her season prematurely. She did not feature in
any competition after the US Open last year after undergoing a surgery to overcome
that injury.
Svitolina has been recently quoted in a report where she
talked about how painful the journey has been for her to return to overcome
that injury. The Odesa-born also stated that she expected more discomfort when
she returned to the court, but it has been great so far.
"I feel like it's been hard enough already, because the
foot is something that we use on a daily basis, as well,” she said. “With all
the pain that I was struggling with for months, not stepping on the foot at
all, it was swelling up during that months, it was really an experience, a
painful one. Regarding the coming back on the court, of course I was expecting
a little bit of discomfort... I feel like I did well with my team to put, you
know, a lot of work to make it, you know, confident and strong for it to be
good at the tournaments
Svitolina is currently taking part in the WTA 1000 event at Indian Wells, where she has already booked her spot in the quarterfinal after beating the US Open 2024 runner-up, America’s Jessica Pegula, with a score of 5-7, 6-1, 6-2. She will now face
Russia’s young sensation Mirra Andreeva in the last-eight of the competition on
Thursday. The 17-year-old, who is already regarded as the one for the future,
defeated the former world number three Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina in the round
of 16 in straight sets with a score of 6-1, 6-2. This will be the first-ever
meeting between the two players in professional tennis.