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With the victory in the final of the China Open 2023 against Liudimila Samsonova, the Polish world no.2 tennis player Iga Swiatek has surpassed Naomi Osaka in total career prize money. Winning her title in Beijing, Iga won prize money of $1,324,000, en route to career prize money of $21,514,763.
The Japanese tennis player Osaka is stuck at $21,177,252.
Iga Swiatek comments on the victory at the China Open 2023
In the press conference after the victory in Beijing against Liudmila Samsonova, Swiatek appeared very satisfied and she released the following statements: “From the beginning I decided to be consistent with my game, I wanted continuity and I’m happy to have won, for me it was really very important.
Seeing how I was at the start of the tournament, I didn’t think I’d win it at all but I’m proud of myself. This victory will be useful to me for the rest of my career, this tournament teaches that there are always possibilities to overcome one’s limits.
Sometimes it’s quite simple, but we all tend to complicate things. I had to deal with a lot of things and make my tennis grow quickly, overcoming the pressure is sometimes difficult but it is part of this…
