I came to your rescue He is currently recharging his batteries after the exhausting Olympics, but he can already plan his future participations. We already know where the Pole will spend the beginning of November.
Iga Świątek advances to WTA Finals
It was a very intense period for Iga Świątek. Since mid-May, she had to reach the highest level of concentration ever, because she had to compete in prestigious tournaments. She took the first one by storm. During the French Open, she lost only one set (!) in seven matches and eventually won the Grand Slam title for the fourth time. But she didn’t have much time to celebrate. Less than a month later, she approached Wimbledon with high hopes, hoping to get the first grass-court title in her career. However, there she met with a huge disappointment, because Yulia Putintseva was better in the 1/16 finals.
But there is no doubt that this failure will be quickly forgotten if the Pole returns from the Olympics with a gold medal. She had great chances because the tournament was held on her favorite courts. Roland Garros. Unfortunately, she also failed, but she achieved amazing success. Winning the bronze medal after a one-sided duel with Anna Schmiedlova, She brought Poland its first ever Olympic medal in tennis..
The victory earned Swiatek an additional 470 points in the WTA rankings, where she remains top of the rankings. The Pole’s achievement was confirmed on Wednesday after she won the French Open. Raszynian qualifies for prestigious WTA FinalsWhich will be held in Riyadh in early November. The minimum qualification for this competition is 7,170 points, and the 23-year-old has already collected 7,465 points, and she has never been able to advance to this event so quickly before.
Świątek has a chance to defend his title. This time he will fight in Saudi Arabia
The WTA Finals is a prestigious tournament that sums up the women’s tennis season. It features the top eight women’s and men’s doubles pairs in a given year. For Iga Świątek, participating in this event is nothing new. This year she will participate in it for the fourth time and defend her title. During the previous edition she won, Not giving Jessica Pegula a chance in the final (6:1, 6:0). The two women then competed in Cancun. The next tournament is scheduled to take place in Riyadh in early November.
Saudi Arabia has been pouring huge sums into sport in recent years. It hosts major boxing events, Formula 1 races and even later editions of the Spanish Super Cup. Now Riyadh has won the battle to host the WTA Finals in 2024-26.
As players, we have no influence on this. The WTA and ATP need to make these decisions and put us in a place where we know what to expect. The game is changing.
~ This is how Svetek commented a few months ago on the decision to move the tournament to the Middle East.
We already know that we won’t see Razin during the upcoming tournament in Toronto. So we’ll have to wait for information from her camp about her next planned start.
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