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Gael Monfils Turns Cheeky on Wife Elina Svitolina as He Shares a Potential Cryptic Message for Her Following Miami Open Win

Published 03/22/2024, 3:17 AM EDT

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French ATP star Gael Monfils shared a cryptic post-match message at the Miami Open tournament that has drawn rumors directed toward Monfils’s wife and Ukrainian WTA pro, Elina Svitolina. The duo tied the knot in 2021 and their photos beside a beautiful lake in Geneva stole fans’ hearts. After three of the year their beautiful message, Monfils might have again reminded fans about his love for his wife.

Monfils impressed the fraternity with his amazing performance at the ongoing Miami Open tournament. He recently made an astonishing victory in the tournament’s second round. Now fans think he might have dedicated his recent feat to his tennis star wife.

Gael Monfils’s recent message hints to fans’ toward a special mention of his wife Elina Svitolina

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In a post-match clip of Gael Monfils from the tournament, shared by Tennis TV’s official on X (formerly Twitter), fans spotted him writing the alphabet E on the camera with a question mark. Sharing this clip, Tennis TV wrote- “cryptic” with a thinking smiley. This French ATP pro recently defeated Dusan Lajovic to enter the tournament’s second round. While his fans were still surprised by this amazing victory, Monfils intrigued them more with his surprising sign on the camera.

This French tennis star previously also spoke about his love for his wife Elina Svitolina. He also delighted his fans’ hearts by picking Svitolina’s smile, happiness, and success as Monfils’s favorite memory from last year. After that, fans were assured that this celebrity tennis couple was deeply in love. In 2022, they also welcomed a baby and named her Skaii.

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Monfils’s PDA for Svitolina has brought the rumor that the French ATP star’s post-match cryptic message might be directed towards Svitolina. Nevertheless, Monfils’s fans didn’t bother since he dropped a great match satisfying them.

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Monfils’s feelings after winning against Lajovic and entering into the ongoing Miami Open’s second round

Gael Monfils defeated Dusan Lajovic by 7-6(5) and 6-4. In this match of one hour and thirty-two minutes, this ATP star made a successful 25 winners with 10 errors to finally bag the victory. Monfils expressed his dedication and intense aspiration to win the match. He said– “I knew Dusan from the back would be tough to move. He’s such a good hitter from both wings, so my serve had to be really good today to have free points, not to get too long in the rallies, And then from the back, I tried to put as many balls in as I could, tried to play with him. I’ve been just lucky. Just a little bit better than him today, But it’s always tough.”

He further added: “He’s a good friend of mine, we’ve been practising quite a lot together and it’s always very close matches. Tonight I had a little bit more luck, but it could have been easily his match.”

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Gael Monfils’s cryptic message on the camera might be directed to his wife given the French tennis player’s love for Svitolina. Nonetheless, Monfils’s game was pretty intense for fans to spare his curious message and be curious about his next performance.

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Upasana Banerjee is a Tennis Writer at EssentiallySports. Specializing in major trends within the tennis world, Upasana's keen eye captures newsworthy moments in the world of sports. Her adept information mining makes her a go-to source for insights into players' lives.
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