Iga Swiatek hit with one-month doping ban in tennis bombshell
Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned drug trimetazidine, a heart drug known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Thursday. It was announced on . Swiatek failed an out-of-competition drug test in August, but the ITIA said the result was unintentional and that […]
ESPN criticized for showing Iga Swiatek’s backstage crying reaction at US Open
Some found it cruel that ESPN cameras focused on Iga Swiatek in tears after her loss to Jessica Pegula in the U.S. Open quarterfinals on Wednesday. Swiatek, the world number one, was seen lying on the floor with tears in her eyes after her straight-set defeat to local favourite Pegula. Iga Swiatek became emotional after […]
Iga Swiatek shakes off challenging first set, rolls to US Open quarterfinals
First, Lyudmila Samsonova took on Iga Świątek. She held her opening serve four times in the first set, combining power and finesse to toy with the world number one player, with her most powerful serve reaching 117 mph. But Swiatek dominated from then on, and she lost just one more game with the match remaining. […]
No. 1 Iga Swiatek rolls into fourth round of US Open
This time it's different. Iga Swiatek did not allow a repeat of last year's spiral. Instead, she got back on track. He was back on track as a regular late in tournaments, something he has become accustomed to over the course of five Grand Slam titles. Iga Swiatek returns a volley in a 6-4, 6-2 […]
Iga Swiatek in tears after stunning Olympics tennis upset
Iga Swiatek was overcome with emotion after her surprising loss to China’s Chen Qingwen in the semifinals of the Paris Olympics on Thursday. The 23-year-old Polish professional player, ranked number one in the world, appeared unable to stop crying during the post-match interview as he left the venue. Swiatek had her head down for a […]
Top favorite Iga Swiatek suffers upset loss in Olympic women’s tennis tournament
Despite reaching the semifinals on a 20-match winning streak on clay courts, Olympic gold medal favorite Iga Swiatek was eliminated from the women’s tennis tournament. The world number one ranked player lost in straight sets to China’s Zheng Qinwen, 6-2, 7-5. The upset loss was Swiatek’s first defeat at the Roland Garros tennis complex in […]
Olympic tennis 2024: Iga Swiatek still the one to beat as women’s semifinals set
Tennis at the Paris 2024 Olympics is rapidly drawing to a close with the women’s singles semi-finals already decided: Poland’s top seed Iga Swiatek will face China’s sixth seed Chen Qingwen, while Croatia’s Donna Vekic will face Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Szumidlova in the other group. Olympic tennis is like a Grand Slam final, except instead […]
Olympic women’s tennis 2024 preview: Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, and their top competition
The 2024 Olympic tennis tournament will be held on the beautiful clay courts of Roland Garros, starting on July 27. This year’s Summer Olympics are being held in Paris, and in the opinion of the world’s top women’s singles player, Iga Swiatek, there couldn’t be a better venue. That’s because Swiatek is so dominant on […]
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek upset in third round of Wimbledon
The Wimbledon Championships continue to be a thorn in Iga Swiatek’s side. There’s a reason she’s the No. 1 ranked player in the world: She just won her fourth French Open title (her third in a row) last month, has reached at least the semifinals at both the Australian Open and U.S. Open, and is […]
Iga Swiatek crumbles in unexpected Wimbledon second round exit
LONDON — World No. 1 Iga Swiatek faltered again on Saturday, losing 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 to Yulia Putintseva in the third round at Wimbledon. Swiatek has won five Grand Slam titles, four of which came on the clay courts of the French Open (most recently last month) and one on the hard courts of the […]