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I seem to hear ravings when colleagues, media, other players or insiders talk about Iga Swiatek’s 2023 as a season of ups and downs. Can a tennis player who won 6 titles this season – including the Roland Garros and the WTA Finals – be labeled as a tennis player who has suffered ups and downs? Perhaps the truth is that Iga has suffered too much unjustified and gratuitous criticism from media and insiders.
And also her former colleagues, like her countrywoman Agnieska Radwanska, who probably spoke out of nonsense when she criticized Iga. How can you criticize her even for a lack of pressure, with everything she is doing and she is getting? Swiatek has certainly done much more than Radwanska from this point of view.
Between the triumphs at the beginning of the year and tennis omnipotence, she only had a period of decline which caused her to lose first place in the ranking, which she regained with her success at the WTAFinals in Cancun.
From my point of view as an expert in tennis and sports journalism, I laugh when I read or hear criticism like this! The Polish tennis player, in an interview with the newspaper RZ, took stock of the 2023 season, reflecting…
