Your Dad, the Magician by Elina Svitolina | The Players’ Tribune

You will understand why sometimes, tennis, it’s about more than just tennis.

Elina Svitolina Tennis May 21, 2026 Dear Skaï, A few days from now, something very special is going to happen, right here in Paris. You’re only three years old, so a little too young still to know about it :) But I am writing you this letter, with the hope that one day you will read your mom’s thoughts and then you will understand. You will understand why your dad means so much to so many people around the world. You will understand why his career has been such an amazing one….… and why his final Roland Garros is such a beautiful moment. You will understand why sometimes, tennis, it’s about mo

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