“Her behavior is disgraceful” Iga Swiatek called out on social media for distracting Ons Jabeur as she changed racquets during the championship point

“Her behavior is disgraceful” Iga Swiatek called out on social media for distracting Ons Jabeur as she changed racquets during the championship point

Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek, the 21-year-old Polish professional is undoubtedly one of the best players in the world in the women’s circuit currently, ranked world number 1, Swiatek has been excellent for most of 2022 and she has not disappointed with her performances in major tournaments as well.

Despite struggling for most part of her hard-court swing, Swiatek has made it up with her performance at the US Open. The Polish international managed to reach the quarter-finals of the Poland Open, and she faced second round defeats in the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open.

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Tennis Twitter calls out Iga Swiatek for changing racquets

Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek

World number 1, Iga Swiatek stood up to the expectations that millions of fans had from her going into the US Open, after struggling for majority of the hard court swing, Swiatek came with a mission in the US Open as the Polish professional went all the way to the finals and beat Ons Jabeur to lift the title.

A bizarre moment in the match came during the second set as Iga Swiatek decided to change her racquet when she reached the championship point, man fans took to Twitter to call out Swiatek on the changing of her racquet as they accused her of distracting Jabeur in the tiebreak

One of the fans wrote, “I think there should be a bit more discussion in general about Iga Swiatek’s on-court behaviour tbh. I don’t think she’s particularly sporting and her racket tapping, arm waving etc are blatant hindrances. Makes it harder to warm to her success despite her incredible talent.”

This is not the first time that Swiatek changed racquets in the tiebreak and it probably wasn’t the last time, many called Swiatek out over the racquet while many were defending her as well as fans claimed that Ons Jabeur did not even notice the racquet change and that the claims Siwatek did it for distraction is baseless as the Tunisian professional did not even notice.

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