The tennis player said that the European media often use the topic of Ukraine for clicks without real help
Former first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina said that she regularly follows the news from Ukraine and the work of the Ukrainian armed forces.
“Of course, I talk a lot with my friends, with my family in Ukraine, and it’s terrible, but they are already used to it. They are used to alarms. They are used to the fact that as soon as they hear anything, they go to bomb shelters. Sleepless nights. You know, it’s a terrible thing, but they tell me it’s part of their lives now, which is very, very sad.”
“Of course I feel anger. I feel despondent. I feel pain in my heart when I see all this. I have several Telegram channels where I follow the news of my hometown of Odessa, all over Ukraine, and they publish news about what happens when an alarm is declared, or where missiles fell, how many missiles were shot down by our Ukrainian army, air defense ” .
“At such moments, I experience a mixture of different feelings, but these are bad feelings. It’s anger, it’s sadness, just a painful feeling. All Ukrainians experience this burden every day. There is no getting away from this, and for a year and a half we have had this in our lives.”
“Sometimes, I think, in tennis, the media makes some articles just for the sake of having them. You know, just for the clicks. If someone not from Ukraine just says something, it does not help the Ukrainian people. For us, these are just empty words.”
“For me, when I go out on the court, I just try to think about the fighting spirit that all of us Ukrainians have and how Ukrainians fight for their values, for their freedom in Ukraine. And I’m fighting here on my own front line.”
“I am here to do something for my country. I have a flag next to my name so I fight for my country and I will do it every time I step on the court.”
At the start of Roland Garros-2023, the Ukrainian beat the 26th seeded Martina Trevisan from Italy. In the second round, Elina defeated Storm Hunter from Australia. Svitolina’s opponent in the third round will be Anna Blinkova, who plays in a neutral status.
Source: Sportarena
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