Iga Swiatek started his North American hard-court season with a win. Taking advantage of the bye in the first round, as world No.1, she faced the former number one Karolina Pliskova in the second round of the WTA 1000 in Montreal, winning with the result of 7-6, 6-2.In the press conference, the Pole not only spoke about the match, but also praised her two rivals Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina.Iga explained: “Well, it sure wasn’t an easy start, and we had breaks and then, well, we both made it back.
So I wanted to be ready for anything and be solid, and I feel like in the last few points of the If a tie-break really worked, it certainly wasn’t easy, especially with today’s wind. This is new, I don’t know if it was windy yesterday or not, but that was my first time playing with the wind here.
So I’m quite happy with my performance and quite happy with how I raised the level in the second set. Nice to go back to playing a match and kind of challenging yourself, to see if you can put into practice what you did in training.”
Swiatek had beautiful words for Sabalenka and Rybakina
In women’s tennis, Swiatek is the leader of a new trio: she calls them the women Big 3, together with Rybakina and…
