WTA : Swiatek reassures avant Roland-Garros

Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365: published on Friday May 19, 2023 at 1:54 p.m.

Forced to give up against Elena Rybakina in the quarter-finals in Rome, Iga Swiatek gave reassuring news as Roland-Garros approaches.

Roland-Garros is already deprived of its defending champion, Rafael Nadal, forced to give up with a heavy heart, and he could also start without the 2022 winner? Uncertainty hovered in recent hours around Iga Swiatek. Winner in Paris last year and in 2020 during the pandemic, the Pole had withdrawn from the WTA 1000 in Rome, late Wednesday evening, and had given up against Elena Rybakina at the start of the 3rd set after starting her quarter-final in such a way imperial (6-2, 5-7, 2-2) .

“I have time ahead of me to train well before Paris”

Hit in the right thigh, was the world number 1 going to have to give up the second Grand Slam of the season, like the king of clay, and deprive the spectators of her beautiful presence? Fortunately, Iga Swiatek wanted to be reassuring on Thursday. The one who will celebrate her 22nd birthday on May 31 will rest for several days before going to Paris. “For me, the most important thing is not to take any risks and not to expose my physique too much in difficult conditions, after having played a few night session matches, after midnight. To be ready for Roland-Garros, I need to rest now. I will take a few days, ”published the Pole on social networks.

“After this withdrawal in the quarter-finals, I have time in front of me to train well before Paris. I’m happy to have a few days off because since Stuttgart, I had very little time to rest with the very tight schedule that we have on the WTA circuit, “added the young woman to the 3 Grand Slams (2 Roland-Garros and the US Open 2022). On the courts of Porte d’Auteuil, Iga Swiatek will try to win the 14th title of his career, the 2nd in 2023 after Doha. During the first Grand Slam of the year, the world number 1 fell in the round of 16 against the one she has just left on a setback in Italy, Rybakina. Which will face Jelena Ostapenko for a place in the final this Friday evening.