It was another injury blow, given an ankle stress fracture ruled her out for the rest of the 2023 season after the US Open.
Considering that, after giving birth to daughter Skai, she only returned to the tour in April at Charleston, Svitolina was able to acknowledge she had plenty of which to be proud.
She has risen rapidly in the sport after winning the Strasbourg title, reaching the Roland Garros quarterfinals, and the semis at Wimbledon. She opened 2024 by appearing in the Auckland final before a last 16 showing at the AO – her fourth trip to this stage at Melbourne Park.
“I’m proud of the work and of the stressful situations, and how I’ve been handling them on the court because this was the most I would say difficult for me as a comeback,” the 29-year-old said.
“I was at the beginning not dealing really well with the stressful situations like the score-wise. Now I feel like I’m much better. I’ve been playing good matches, beating good players. I feel like I’m at a good place and been playing really well when I was down.
