The brand new champion of Doha, Indian Wells and Miami announced that she will not play the WTA 500 in Charleston. This is the first event of the spring clay court tour, due to a minor arm injury. She awaits her return in Stuttgart.
After a month and a half of a veritable flurry of victories, Iga Swiatek will take a forced break, although more than deserved, and will not attend the tournament Charleston (United States), the tournament that traditionally opens the clay court tour in April and framed within the category WTA 500.
A few hours after his resounding triumph in the Miami Open before the Japanese Naomi Osakathe Pole announced in a brief statement her withdrawal from the North American tournament due to an arm injury that, fortunately, does not seem to be anything serious and will simply keep her off the court for a few days.
Iga’s words
«I’m so sorry I can’t play in Charleston. After a marathon of three tournaments in which I played in the finalI have a harmless injury to my arm so I need to rest“, added the one that from next Monday will be the new world number one.
Undoubtedly, as Swiatek herself acknowledges in this brief statement, the high wear produced after her consecutive titles in Doha, Indian Wells and yesterday’s in Miami have caused the fashionable tennis player on the women’s circuit to take a break that It will help him face the clay court tour, theoretically his best surface, with full guarantees of success.
After hearing the news of the absence of the main favorite of the draw, the tournament director, Bob Moran, congratulated her on the achievements made in the last few dates and summoned her for next year’s edition. «We congratulate you for having reached the number one ranking and the consecutive titles in Doha, Indian Wells and Miami. We will miss her and look forward to seeing her in Charleston in 2023.“, he explained.
The normal thing is that all this remained in a simple rest after several frantic weeks for the tennis player of warsaw. The next appointment on clay would be the WTA in Stuttgart, a category tournament 500 and that will take place 18 al 24 of April.
