Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 9, 2019 Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in action during her quarter final match against Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova REUTERS/Carl Recine
LONDON (Reuters) - If it had not been for a bout of childhood jealously, Elina Svitolina might never have pulled off the nerve-shredding win over Karolina Muchova at Wimbledon on Tuesday that saw her become the first Ukrainian woman to reach the singles semi-finals at a major.
Svitolina only began pounding tennis balls with all the power she could muster from her then five-year-old body because she was desperate to grab some of the attention her parents showered on older brother Yulian.
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