"To be bold, to be fearless": Svitolina set to teach her daughter what it means to be Ukrainian and to have fighting spirit

Ukraine’s tennis star Elina Svitolina revealed that she will teach her daughter to be bold and fearless.

The 28-year-old has been very vocal about the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. The armed conflict that started in February last year has resulted in the loss of lives on both sides.

Svitolina was quoted in a report where she stated the thing that she would like to teach to her daughter.

“It’s the spirit,” she said. “Hopefully I’ll play a few more years so she sees I have this fighting spirit. I had it from a young age. I was always fighting my heart out. To be bold. To be fearless.”

Svitolina was in the news during Wimbledon 2023 for more than just her impressive performances as she took a strong stance while playing against the Russian and Belarusian athletes.

The Odesa-born refused to have a handshake with the former world number one Victoria Azarenka and stated that she will not have a handshake with any player from Russia or Belarus until every Russian soldier leave Ukrainian soil.

On the court, Svitolina has been pretty impressive off late as she went all the way to the semifinals of the third Grand Slam of the year and eventually lost to Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-3.