Four and a half months ago we heard about the love match between Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils. Ever since, the couple has been very public about their relationship and in a column that Svitolina writes for the BBC Sport website during the French Open, the Ukrainian gives more details about the life with her boyfriend and how he’s improving her game.

It all started at a Paris restaurant

Even though they’re both playing the Grand Slam in Paris this fortnight, they can’t enjoy the city together because Monfils is too much of a celebrity in his home country.