Former WTA world number 3 Elina Svitolina is looking to return to the WTA tour at the Charleston Open in South Carolina next month, the organizers of the event confirmed. Svitolina accepted a wild card entry into the tournament.

Svitolina, who last played at the Miami Open last year, has been absent from tennis due to giving birth to her daughter Skai. She has since been spending her downtime with her daughter as well as her husband, ATP tennis player Gael Monfils.

In addition to returning to the WTA Tour, Svitolina has also partnered with the Charleston Open and WTA Charities to host the “Tennis Plays for Peace” pro-am event, with the proceeds of the event going to Ukraine as well the Elina Svitolina Foundation.

Increasing awareness and raising funds for Ukraine is very important to us as a tournament and to our players,” Charleston Open director Bob Moran announced. “We are passionate about working with Elina, who has a deep and personal understanding of the needs in her home country right now, to further exemplify the mission of Tennis Plays for Peace and stand united with Ukraine.”

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Women’s 5th seed Elina Svitolina enjoyed a sweet Round of 16 victory against an in-form Madison Keys in front of a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday. While Keys proved to be more than a handful for Svitolina, the Ukranian possessed the grit that was necessary to clinch a 7-5, 6-4 victory.

It was a rough road to victory for Svitolina, as Keys certainly seemed to be the dominant player in numerous facets of game play. While Svitolina only managed one ace throughout the match, her American counterpart served an impressive seven ace.

Keys’ strong service did little to influence the final result, however, as Svitolina was still able to convert two out of her five breakpoints. Svitolina, on the other hand, did not concede a single breakpoint throughout the match and managed to win an impressive 79% of her service points.

After her win, Svitolina said: “Very pleased that I could play very consistent tonight and in such a great atmosphere is very special,”

In what has been a very rare occurrence, Svitolina is the Ukranian woman to reach the US Open quarter-finals since Kateryna Bondarenko in 2009.

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Former WTA world number 3 Elina Svitolina is looking to return to the WTA tour at the Charleston Open in South Carolina next month, the organizers of the event confirmed. Svitolina accepted a wild card entry into the tournament.

Svitolina, who last played at the Miami Open last year, has been absent from tennis due to giving birth to her daughter Skai. She has since been spending her downtime with her daughter as well as her husband, ATP tennis player Gael Monfils.

In addition to returning to the WTA Tour, Svitolina has also partnered with the Charleston Open and WTA Charities to host the “Tennis Plays for Peace” pro-am event, with the proceeds of the event going to Ukraine as well the Elina Svitolina Foundation.

Increasing awareness and raising funds for Ukraine is very important to us as a tournament and to our players,” Charleston Open director Bob Moran announced. “We are passionate about working with Elina, who has a deep and personal understanding of the needs in her home country right now, to further exemplify the mission of Tennis Plays for Peace and stand united with Ukraine.”

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Women’s 5th seed Elina Svitolina enjoyed a sweet Round of 16 victory against an in-form Madison Keys in front of a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday. While Keys proved to be more than a handful for Svitolina, the Ukranian possessed the grit that was necessary to clinch a 7-5, 6-4 victory.

It was a rough road to victory for Svitolina, as Keys certainly seemed to be the dominant player in numerous facets of game play. While Svitolina only managed one ace throughout the match, her American counterpart served an impressive seven ace.

Keys’ strong service did little to influence the final result, however, as Svitolina was still able to convert two out of her five breakpoints. Svitolina, on the other hand, did not concede a single breakpoint throughout the match and managed to win an impressive 79% of her service points.

After her win, Svitolina said: “Very pleased that I could play very consistent tonight and in such a great atmosphere is very special,”

In what has been a very rare occurrence, Svitolina is the Ukranian woman to reach the US Open quarter-finals since Kateryna Bondarenko in 2009.

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