“Let’s try one more,” Iga Świątek, the world’s number one women’s tennis player, says to an announcer on the court who just told an eager crowd that it was time to wrap it up. She’s not matched up with some of her top opponents like Coco Gauff or Aryna Sabalenka, …
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Iga Swiatek announced Thursday that she has hired Wim Fissette as her new coach; the upcoming WTA Finals will serve as the first tournament of their partnership. “As you know, I’m preparing for the WTA Finals but my perspective is, as always, long-term, not short-term,” Swiatek wrote on social media, …
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The world No 4 has become the latest player to pull out of the WTA 1000 China Open. Rybakina has not played competitive tennis since the US Open at the beginning of August as she withdrew from the season-ending Grand Slam ahead of her second-round match simply stating: “Unfortunately, I …
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Few believed in her. But many predicted her downfall at the 2024 Creator Classic. Despite all the words from her naysayers, she managed to exceed expectations and odds to finish better than most golfers on her return to competitive golf. Now, fast forward a few weeks, and Paige Spiranac seems …
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Iga Swiatek recently stated that her long injury layoff in 2017 almost put an end to her career. The Pole had serious thoughts about not playing tennis anymore at that point. Following a strong first half in 2017, Swiatek suffered an ankle injury in June that forced her to stop …
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Iga Swiatek revealed that a pre-match conversation with tennis icon Serena Williams gave her a “positive kick” that propelled her to a commanding third-round victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the US Open. The Polish star, who clinched the title in New York in 2022, demonstrated her dominant form with a …
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There’s on player outside the top 100 that has beaten Iga Swiatek in 34 attempts. That is context of what to expect as the world #1 plays debutant Kamilla Rakhimova for the first time. Swiatek in 2. This is an ideal first round match for Swiatek. There is nothing in …
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Tennis champion Iga Świątek is riding high following her recent French Open win — and things got even better when she received something special from Taylor Swift. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Świątek, 23, shared a photo of a handwritten note she received from Swift, 34, …
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