After the tournament in Indian Wells, Iga Świątek in a long communiqué referred to the events of the semi -final match against Mirra Andriejew, during which she fired the ball towards Ball Boy. “It is true that I gave vent to emotions in a way that I am not proud of. However, my goal was not to aim the ball at anyone, but a vent by reflecting the ball into the ground. I immediately apologized to Ball Boy, we caught eye contact and we both nodded to each other, when I apologized for it that I saw it close to him. Earth from frustration and I did not expect such drastic assessments ” – The vice -leader of the WTA ranking translated.
The expert reacts after the statement of Świątek. “Explains unnecessarily”
The statement of Iga Świątek was the subject of discussion in the program “In the shadow of sport” on the Sports Review channel, in which the guest of Łukasz Kadziewicz was a tennis expert and journalist Marek Furjan. – I think that some of the things Iga now wrote in a statement are valuable to the recipient. Although I also think that the tennis player of this caliber is unnecessarily explained, for example, from the reflection of the ball from the court – said Furjan, starting the discussion.
The gentlemen questioned their own writing by the tennis player. – As far as I know, Iga is a fairly accurate person. I know from her environment, from conversations with previous managers, that she liked to check various contracts a few years ago. Iga is accurate, so I can't imagine not reading the statement. But you know if athletes generally write statements? I think they employ people. It just seems to us that athletes serve their Instagram. Some, of course, do it, partly, shares this, and some only verify the content that is thrown because they pay for people – continued Furjan.
In turn, the interviewer Łukasz Kadziewicz expressed dissatisfaction due to the unavailability of Iga Świątek. – I want you to understand it too. I do not press Iga, because he is a phenomenal sportswoman, I keep my fingers crossed, great applause, brilliant attitude, but I have some grievance to people who surround Iga, to her staff. (…) to close her in a golden cage. She made a premium product by herself. You no longer need to add some behaviors to be taken in our country in such a way – summed up Kadziewicz.
It seems that Iga Świątek dealt with emotional problems, because in Miami she is doing very well. On Wednesday, he will fight for the next final of the WTA 1000 rank tournament. Her opponent will be Alexandra Eala. The meeting will start around 18:00 Polish time.