Quite a couple: Spouses Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils reach US Open mixed doubles semifinals
NEW YORK (AP) - Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils have both gone far but never all the way to the U.S.
NEW YORK (AP) – Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils have both gone far but never all the way to the U.S.
Article outline
- What happened
- What comes next
- The details
- The bottom line
Key points
- Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz won their first-round match but were then ousted after a 5-4 (4), 4-1 loss to Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli.
- Svitolina and Monfils will face Bencic and Cobolli in one semifinal Wednesday, with Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev to meet Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik in the other.
- That would be quite a payday for Monfils to share with his wife in his final Grand Slam tournament before retiring.
- "Happy wife, happy life, " Monfils remarked in their postmatch interview after a kiss and hug on the court.
NEW YORK (AP) – Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils have both gone far but never all the way to the U.S. Open title. Maybe the married couple can finally win a trophy together.
Meanwhile, the spouses created quite a pair on the court Tuesday, becoming the first team into the mixed doubles semifinals by edging Katerina Siniakova and Henry Patten 5-4 (6), 4-5 (3) (10-8).
Svitolina and Monfils will face Bencic and Cobolli in one semifinal Wednesday, with Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev to meet Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik in the other. The winning team will earn $1 million.
Taken together, the developments around quite a couple: Spouses Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils reach US Open point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
