Third-seeded Coco Gauff almost let the first set slip away to No. 31 Dayana Yastremska before getting back to form and shutting down the Ukrainian 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday to advance to the Round of 16 at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Iga Swiatek has been an inspiration to young tennis players. At 22, she has won four Grand Slam titles and is WTA No.1. However, she has had her ups and downs and recently revealed who she gets advice and inspiration from.
Iga Swiatek shared her thoughts on the WTA Finals moving to Saudi Arabia in the coming years, admitting that the players had no say in it. The organization was created by players for players, but over the years, it's grown into something much bigger, slowly taking away the real power from players.
Iga Swiatek has called on people to let her idol Rafael Nadal do things his own way as he has dozens of eyeballs on him amid a comeback attempt. Rafael Nadal continued his comeback to tennis at the Madrid Open, and he made a good start by winning his first match with ease.
Top-seed Jannik Sinner, along with Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek, all advanced with win Saturday at the Madrid Open.
Iga Swiatek bested Sorana Cirstea in Doha on hard courts earlier this year, and she has now done the same on clay courts at the 2024 Madrid Open. This matchup has not been very good for the Romanian, who struggled with the world no.
Iga Swiatek has never backed away from admitting that she is a big fan of Rafael Nadal. She has always been quite vocal about the same and is following in his footsteps, winning three of the last four editions of the French Open.
Iga Swiatek, along with other players, continues to express frustration with the WTA management’s decision to hold the 2024 WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia.
Day 5 at the WTA 1000 event in Madrid will see eight matches from the top half of the draw, with the world #1 Iga Swiatek leading a star-studded field.
The crossover of stars continues as ‘Challengers’ main lead, Zendaya makes waves in the tennis world. Over the past month, the American actress and model has been traveling to promote her new movie centered around tennis.
Iga Swiatek bounced back from her Stuttgart disappointment with a pretty impressive win over Xiyu Wang at the 2024 Madrid Open. The last time the Pole stood on a tennis court was last week at the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart, where Elena Rybakina surprisingly beat her.
Iga Swiatek lost in the WTA Madrid final to Aryna Sabalenka last year, a clash that was mentioned in all the match-of-the-season conversations. The Pole is deadly on clay, but she’s actually yet to win this event with just two previous appearances.
Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek is the top-ranked women’s player in the world. She recently completed 100 weeks as the World No. 1 player, and it is a monumental achievement. The consistency has been phenomenal, and Swiatek is also proud of it.
Last year’s battle for the WTA year-end finish was strongly between Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka for months. The Polish star fought hard weeks before the year ended to topple Sabalenka, but that came at a prize, as her coach Tomasz Wiktorowski revealed.
Iga Swiatek has now spent 100 weeks at the top of tennis, and she reflected on that in a short social media post. The Polish player took over as world number one on April 3rd, 2022.
Iga Swiatek, one of the generational tennis pros, has surprised the world as she made her way up the rankings. Ever since she turned pro, the Pole has been phenomenal, achieving a lot at a young age.
Iga Swiatek fell short of completing another three-peat but still increased her lead in the Olympics Race to Paris. Swiatek's 10-match undefeated run at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix came to an end when she lost to Elena Rybakina in the semifinal, but she increased her points tally in the race to 7695.
The legacy of Iga Swiatek continues to grow as she rewrites the history books at will. The four-time singles Grand Slam champion recently completed her 100th week as World No.
Elena Rybakina was the biggest winner last weekend after capturing her third title of the season at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. The ice-cold Kazakh dethroned Iga Swiatek as Stuttgart champion in an epic semifinal.
Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina outdueled top-seeded Iga Swiatek 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 Saturday to reach the Porsche Grand Prix final at Stuttgart, Germany. Rybakina of Kazakhstan improved to 4-2 against Swiatek and also ended the Poland native's attempt to win this event for the third straight year.
Only four women remain at the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany. For Iga Swiatek, the quest for a three-peat is on, but she faces her biggest hurdle so far against fourth seed Elena Rybakina, who owns a winning record in their series.
No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland recorded a 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over Great Britain's Emma Raducanu on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.
No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland swept past Belgium's Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.
Iga Swiatek won the 2022 and 2023 editions of the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and will now attempt to keep up her perfect record in Stuttgart. Her first opponent will be Elise Mertens, who took down Tatjana Maria in the opening round.
Down goes No. 1. Iga Swiatek, the Women's Tennis Association's top player, suffered an upset loss to Linda Noskova in the third round of the Australian Open.
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