(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Iga Swiatek will be at the Roland Garros 2023, and she will have the task of defending the title won last season. After the fear and the injury in Rome, the Pole world no.1 will now be the woman to beat in the Bois de Boulogne.
Tennis enthusiasts, and in particular those from Paris, as well as the organizers of the Roland Garros themselves, had been in suspense awaiting news from the defending champion Iga Swiatek regarding their health conditions.
In fact, after Rafael Nadal’s sensational announcement of a forfeit, the fans saw the real risk of a renunciation even by the number 1 in the world materialize. Her retirement against Elena Rybakina in Rome triggered the alarm, which however Swiatek promptly turned off with a post on social media in which she reassured everyone about her state of form and that, barring surprises, she will regularly attend the Roland Garros.
She wrote: “Update, I need a few days off for sure. We’re booking tickets for Paris so… fingers crossed. Hope to see you soon. I’ll be back on the pitches soon as the injury shouldn’t be anything serious. I was right to stop to avoid further problems.
I just need to recover, I’ll take a couple of days off, but I have plenty of…
