After losing to Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals of the US Open, Iga Świątek returns to the world courts. Shelf will try to return to first place in the WTA ranking, which it has held since October 21 Aryna Sabalenka. The Belarusian has been in great shape lately. In addition to winning the last Grand Slam tournament this year, she also triumphed in Wuhan. For this reason, she is perceived as a favorite to win the WTA Finals, which will start on Saturday.
Sabalenka loves Polish sweets. “It's such a tradition”
Both Świątek and Sabalenka have been in Riyadh for several days, where this year's finals will be played. What's more, both tennis players even had the opportunity to train together. – I have the impression that it was so fierce gamethat even the ladies didn't have time to play the entire set. It was very nice to watch today. Iga and Aryna gave such a small concert, a very promising announcement of what we can expect here in Riyadh. This sparring was juicy – revealed Bartosz Ignacik.
Other journalists of the station are also in the capital of Saudi Arabia Canal+Sport, which will broadcast the entire tournament. It turns out that Polish reporters have great relations with Aryna Sabalenka! Once, a Belarusian woman told them that she loved Polish sweets. For this reason, since then, journalists have been regularly giving tasty surprises to the athlete and her staff. The 26-year-old's favorite delicacy is said to be marshmallow, which was revealed by Joanna Sakowicz-Kostecka in one of the latest programs.
– Aryna Sabalenka once told us that she likes Polish sweets the most. It so happened that in Berlin, Rafał Morycz – our producer – decided to give her such a sweet surprise – said the journalist. – It's a tradition that we bring not only Aryna, but also her staff a few packages of marshmallows – she added after a while. Could a Belarusian woman taste her favorite delicacy right away? – When she came to us for an interview, she said that unfortunately these sweets were confiscated by her team because they were afraid that she would eat too much of them – she added with a smile on her face.
– Aryna's team continues fight about marshmallow – Żelisław Żyżyński said jokingly at the end. The WTA Finals will start on Saturday. Then Sabalenka will play against China's Qinwen Zheng. In addition, she will face Jasmine in the purple group Paolini and Elena Rybakina. However, Iga Świątek went to the orange division, where she will play Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Barbora Krejcikova. The Pole will start her competition on Sunday with a duel with the Czech.