World No. 1 Iga Swiatek has made a very expected decision as the Polish tennis superstar won’t be kicking off her grass season at next week’s WTA 500 tournament in Berlin.
In the last two months, Swiatek played lots of tennis as she appeared in four tournaments during the clay season and posted a 21-1 record. After winning Madrid and Rome – which took place across 25 days – Swiatek also successfully defended her French Open title and is now a four-time champion at Roland Garros.
Since the clay season was extremely mentally and physically demanding for Swiatek, the general belief was that there was no way the Pole would start her grass season just seven days later in Berlin. And today, the new five-time Grand Slam champion announced she was out of Berlin due to “overall physical and mental fatigue.”
“Due to overall physical and mental fatigue after an intense 9 weeks, unfortunately I do need to withdraw from the tournament in Berlin in order to rest and recover,” Swiatek said in a statement.
“Due to overall physical and mental fatigue after an intense 9 weeks, unfortunately I do need to withdraw from the tournament in Berlin in order to rest and recover.”
We will miss you Iga 🥲 See you in the future!🫶 pic.twitter.com/97R5s7e57K
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