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Illness Forces Iga Swiatek Out of First Grass Court SF

Illness Forces Iga Swiatek Out of First Grass Court SF

By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Friday, June 30, 2023

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek was compelled to withdraw from her first profession grass-court semifinal with sickness a number of days earlier than the beginning of Wimbledon.

 

Just a day after reaching the semifinals within the WTA 250 occasion in Bad Homburg, Germany, Swiatek withdrew from the occasion because of “fever and possible food poisoning” as she defined on social media.

 

 

 

The present World No. 1 and reigning Roland Garros champion is ready to face World No. 33 Lin Zhu within the first spherical at Wimbledon. The Polish star, who gained the junior title at Wimbledon a number of years in the past, is hoping to go additional than a profession greatest fourth spherical at Wimbledon.

 

Before her withdrawal, Swiatek has been on a ten match win streak stretching again to the opening of Roland Garros.

 

Despite her high rating, many really feel Swiatek continues to be weak to an upset on grass courts. That opinion is shared by all-time nice Chris Evert who spoke about Swiatek’s probabilities throughout a latest ESPN press convention.

 

“I’m nitpicking here because she’s No. 1 in the world and she’s great, and I think she can win Wimbledon, don’t get wrong,” Evert stated. “But there’s some little nuances in her game that might hurt her a little bit on the grass court that don’t affect her as much, that help her actually, on the other surfaces.”

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