Elina Svitolina stated that the war in Ukraine will fuel her with extra motivation in her 4th-round match against Victoria Azarenka at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
The former world No.3 pointed out that matches against Russian and Belarusian players always feel “different”.<\/p>\n
“I’m playing for my country every single match that I play and this one will be even more special,” she said.<\/p>\n
“A lot of Ukrainians will be watching, will be supporting me. I will go out there and put the fighting spirit on and just really fight for every single point.<\/p>\n
“I just try to take it as a big motivation.”<\/p>\n
The two players endured a heated match-up at the French Open, when Svitolina was booed off by the crowd for refusing to shake hands with her opponent.<\/p>\n
Azarenka has won all of their last 5 meetings and she will be looking to continue that run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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