ELINA SVITOLINA talks upcoming BJK Cup Match, Supporting Ukrainian Tennis, and more

Served with Andy Roddick

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4.8 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Send us a text We have a special episode this week! Andy Roddick talks with Elina Svitolina about the Ukrainian BJK Cup match coming up against Austria, returning to tennis after becoming a mother, injury recorders update, and her foundation supporting Ukrainian tennis.To learn/support Elina’s foundation click here: www.elinasvitolinafoundation.org Grab tickets to the Ukrainian vs Austria match in McKinney, TX on November 16-17: https://www.etix.com/ticket/mvc/online/upcomingEvents/venue?venue_id=34824&performance_id=99731723&country=US&language=en Support the show Keep up with us on socials!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/servedpodcast/X: https://twitter.com/Served_PodcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@served_podcast?_t=8jZtCnzdAnX&_r=1Watch the Episodes on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0k_--YLuTNuDvq1Dw4zHmw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everyone, welcome to a special midweek release edition situation of served.
0:11.9	This is a special episode.
0:13.3	We have an unbelievable woman who is just doing amazing things for her home country
0:20.5	of Ukraine.
0:21.7	Former number three in the world has won 17 titles, a memorable, memorable run to the
0:26.5	Wimbledon semifinals post motherhood in 2023.
0:30.4	All of that pales in comparison to the person she is, the leader she is.
0:35.3	Here before the Ukraine's tie with at the Billie Jean King
0:39.0	Cup, which is being held in Texas. This week is formal world number three, Alina Svidalina.
0:45.9	Alina, how are you and where are you? Thank you so much for having me. I am in Europe right now.
0:50.6	I'm heading to Dallas in a few days. Join the team. Unfortunately, I'm not able to play
0:56.8	this tie because I had a surgery one and a half months ago. So I will be just there supporting
1:02.8	girls and hopefully we can win this tie and go forward to play in the world group to have a chance to play there because I feel like we have a
1:13.3	really good team and hopefully you know we can get a chance to to play there. We all hope you're
1:19.4	back on the court sooner rather than later. Give us an update of your injury. What was it? What's
1:24.7	the recovery time? And when can we expect to see you back
1:28.0	out on court again?
1:29.0	Yeah, so I fractured my ankle one year ago.
1:32.0	I did the recovery for one month and of course, you know, you want to be back on court
1:37.4	as quickly as possible, so probably didn't take enough time to do that a proper way. And after U.S. Open, a couple of months back,
1:48.5	I felt the pain again, shooting pain through my ankle. And after all the tests and scans
1:56.5	and opinions with the doctors, decided to go with a surgery because to play with this surgery
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