‘Emotional’ Iga Swiatek pens down a heartfelt message for fans after winning bronze at Paris Olympics

An emotional Iga Swiatek Swiatek thanked her fans and vowed to do her best in the next edition of the Olympics.

‘Emotional’ Iga Swiatek pens down a heartfelt message for fans after winning bronze at Paris Olympics

Iga Swiatek (Image via Imago)

While World No.1 Iga Swiatek‘s dream of lifting the Olympic gold medal was not fulfilled, she did take home the bronze medal, becoming the first tennis player from Poland to win an Olympic medal. Inside Court Philippe-Chatrier on Friday (August 2), she needed just 59 minutes to beat Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-2, 6-1.

On August 1, Swiatek was defeated in straight sets in the semifinals by China’s 21-year-old Qinwen Zheng, who secured her spot in the final at the Paris Olympics. After the bronze medal match, an emotional Swiatek thanked her fans and vowed to do her best in the next edition of the quadrennial tournament.

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I will stick with the fact that although I did not fulfill my biggest dream, for today I did everything I could to play #Paris2024 as best as I could, on my own terms. Thank you for your support and understanding regardless of expectations. I will come back to the Olympics wiser.
Iga Swiatek wrote on X

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Zheng, who became the first player from China to reach the gold medal match in tennis, will meet Croatia’s Donna Vekic on Saturday (August 3).

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Iga Swiatek cried for six hours after losing the semifinal match to Qinwen Zheng

Winning an Olympic gold medal is Iga Swiatek‘s dream. So when Qinwen Zheng shattered that dream in the semifinals, the 23-year-old cried for six hours as if someone had broken her heart. Swiatek also claimed that the loss taught her to show “humility.”

Qinwen Zheng, Iga Swiatek (2)
Qinwen Zheng, Iga Swiatek (Images via Imago)
I probably cried for like six hours yesterday. It was really tough. I don’t know, sometimes it feels like it’s sport and it’s tennis and usually I’m able to have the distance to all of it and just understand that it’s only one part of my life but this time it was like somebody really broke my heart, you know?
Iga Swiatek said after the match

Swiatek added that because of her ranking and wins in recent times, she thought she could handle everything, and became a “bit arrogant“. However, losing the match to Zheng made her realize her mistake and has motivated her to work harder and improve herself.

This was the Pole’s second appearance at the Olympics, as she previously took part in the 2020 Tokyo Games in both singles and mixed doubles. In singles, she lost to Spain’s Paula Badosa in second-round, while in mixed doubles, her campaign ended in the quarterfinals.

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