Elina Svitolina confirmed her relationship with long time boyfriend Reece Topley, a fellow athlete. The World No. 3 started dating the British cricket player in July 2016 during a training session in a London gym ahead of Montreal event.

It was love at first sight for Svitolina, who said: 'It’s good when someone is on the same page of sports and has bad times and good times as well, the same as me in tennis. We have so many things in common and it is very interesting that in other sports there are so many things we can speak about.

It’s good that everything is very clear and you don’t need to explain a million times.' In the past Svitolina dated a tennis player and she wasn't very comfortable with it. 'It was like non-stop tennis and that’s not my thing.

It was too much for me. It was like my head was exploding.' What will be the future of their relationship? 'We are still very young and we still need to make our careers and do our best, because now is the time. When we are older, then we can enjoy life and all this, but since we met, tennis for me is number one and cricket for him, so we are very clear with this.' ALSO READ: Roger Federer's surreal appearance fees for exhibitions revealed