Iga Świątek is currently preparing to start in the WTA tournament in Stuttgart. Our tennis player will start the struggle from the second round, where her rival will be the winner of the couple Donna Vekić – Jan Fett. Their meeting took place on Tuesday at 14:10.
Jan Fett with the first rival of Świątek in Stuttgart. Here's what she said about the clash with the Polish woman
At the beginning of the first set, Vekić was better. Fett, however, caught up with her, and then led to a tie-break, in which she won smoothly 7: 2. In the second game she did clearly better and led up to 5: 1. Vekić did not give up and broke her twice despite health problems. However, it was not enough for her strength to compensate and finally lost the second set 4: 6. Thus, Jan Fett will face Iga Świątek.
The Croatian just after the end of the match spoke about the upcoming meeting with the Polish woman. – It is completely different to face someone from the same country (Fett and Vekić are Croats – editor's note). You feel more pressure than usual, but it was a great match. Meeting from Świątek will be a great fun for me. Playing against her is always a great pleasure. I will just have fun – said 153. Rocket in the world.
This will not be the first meeting of Iga Świątek with Jan Fett. Tennis players previously played with each other on Wimbledon 2022, when our player defeated the rival 6: 0, 6: 3.
The match of Iga Świątek with Jan Fett will probably take place on Wednesday. The winner may find in the next stage, among others, Jelena Ostapenko.