“I feel pain” Iga Swiatek announces SHOCKING news ahead of Australian Open 2022
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World No. 9 Iga Swiatek continues to impress on the Tour with her consistent performances across tournaments. The 20-year old Pole also reached her career-high ranking of World No.4 this season. Iga took the tennis world by storm when she won the 2020 French Open as a 19-year old teenager and since then has been very consistent.
In the 2021 season, she won two titles, the WTA-500 Adelaide International and then went on to win the WTA-1000 Italian Open with her victory in Rome being the quickest final as she defeated former champion Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-0 in just 46 minutes.
Swiatek to miss the Sydney Tennis Classic 2022
In an unfortunate turn of events, Iga Swiatek suffered an injury which has ruled her out of the Sydney Tennis Classic 2022. The news came later in the day after the Polish star went down to Ashleigh Barty in straight sets in the semi-finals of the WTA Adelaide International 2022.
The World No. 9 was scheduled to take on US Open champion Emma Raducanu in the opening round of the WTA 500 event to be held in Sydney, which is packed with top players. Instead, the 20-year-old will now look to return and perform well at the Australian Open.
“After intense pre-season and last week’s tournament in Adelaide I feel like my body needs more time to recover before Australian Open. I’ve been feeling some pain in my lower rib area which is why unfortunately I’ve decided to withdraw from the tournament in Sydney.” – Swiatek said in Twitter.
Swiatek was last seen in action in the semi-final of the WTA Adelaide International against Ashleigh Barty, which was won by the Australian. After the match, Barty commented in an interview that the Pole had made her play the best tennis of the new season so far. Barty then went on to defeat Elena Rybakina in the final to clinch the tournament.
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