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Actually, because she is playing better tennis now than she did before she had her daughter in october. and, i mean, i m guessing the mental strength comes from starting a family, so losing is not such a big deal. you come home and your daughter doesn t know that you even play tennis. i do think the ukrainian situation, somehow she has figured out how to use that as a strength when she s playing matches. we have some other ukrainian women that have struggled with it and can t really compartmentalize the two, but she has. and iga swiatek, you have to put that in there, too, has done so much relief work for the ukrainian people. emotionally this match was nearly uncomfortable to watch. and then you realize that, no, these two are pros, and they are just playing tennis right now. it s a cinderella story. and she can go far. she can go further. she can win the title, elina svitolina. i cannot believe i m saying that. amazing. i m pulling for her. no question. ....
And knock on wood no injuries, no problems moving forward. she s allowing herself to be able to just be a free-swinging tennis player. and my goodness, look at the results so far. not too shabby. i found it interesting too, renay stubbs who s been working with her and coaching her, she had serena start playing matches, not just practice, because she hadn t been playing matches. that s a different mindset. and also she s really all about the positive reinforcement. how much of an impact do you i this that s made on serena s game? i think that s been huge. i think rennae was spot on because of what christine said, that serena didn t play a tournament match for i ayear, then showed up at wimbledon, played hard in that match but was slow, was out of shape, was not match tough. she played a couple of tournaments this summer. and again, looking rusty, looking nervous, not moving well. and all of ail sudden rennae said to her, she s known her for a long time, you need to get on the practi ....
One fifth of people here fall into that demographic. that age group are gathering together, wherever they are. actually what they re doing here is gathering together safely because they re all being tested before they gather. limits on crowd sizes were set to be lifted on monday but advising infection rates have delayed that until next month. further pilot events will be announced in the coming weeks to learn more about how crowds and covid safety can coexist. luxmy gopal, bbc news. it s been a busy day at euro 2020, with all teams in group f, also known as the group of death , playing matches. in a surprise result hungary held the world champions, france, to a draw, while in munich the defending european champions, portugal, were beaten by germany in a six goal thriller. joe lynskey reports. this was euro 2020 s heavyweight saturday. ....