By Richard Pagliaro | Friday, December 12, 2025Photo credit score: United 24
Elina Svitolina has spent her profession realizing a lot of her tennis visions.
Now, the previous world No. 3 is displaying her help for Saving Sight.
The 31-year-old Svitolina stars in a brand new Saving Sight fundraiser promotion. It’s an initiative elevating cash for ophthalmic gear that may assist Ukrainians restore imaginative and prescient misplaced due to explosions they skilled within the conflict.
Within the video, Svitolina performs by a collection of missed serves: every hit cuts the display screen to black, reflecting how hundreds of individuals all of the sudden lose their sight because of explosions. At occasions, the display screen goes blurry signifying what number of victims of the conflict have struggled dropping sight. The sunshine returns as she delivers an ideal serve — symbolizing how imaginative and prescient can return, too.
“Once you maintain hope alive, there’s all the time one other likelihood,” Svitolina says within the video. “You could lose focus for some time, however with the proper of angle and somewhat little bit of assist, it may possibly come again to you.
“Be a part of me in Supporting United24’s Saving Sight fundraiser.”
To donate, please go to Saving Sight right here.
Amongst those that donate $10 or extra between December 11–18th, Elina Svitolina will raffle off 5 Roland-Garros tennis balls signed by her.
