Iga Swiatek has joined an illustrious list of WTA legends who have previously won the Player of the Year award for at least two consecutive years. The Polish player was recently crowned the 2023 WTA Player of the Year after another stellar season saw her reign supreme at the summit of women’s tennis. It wasn’t…
Iga Swiatek was voted as the WTA‘s 2023 Player of the Year after another successful season for the Polish player. Entering the 2023 season, the Pole knew that it may be impossible to replicate what she did last year. At the end of the 2022 season, Swiatek was named the Player of the Year. This…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday December 11 2023 Iga Swiatek and her coach Tomasz Wiktorowski are the WTA’s Player and Coach of 2023. The WTA Tour announced the news today that 22-year-old Swiatek, who won her fourth major title this spring at Roland-Garros and finished the season at No.1 for the second consecutive…
Iga Swiatek of Poland celebrates with her winners trophy after victory against Karolina Muchova of Czech Republic in the Women’s Singles Final match on Day Fourteen of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros on June 10, 2023 in Paris, France. Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images The 2023 season is over, but Iga Swiatek just…
The WTA appears to have learned from past mistakes and begun negotiations to determine the host country for the 2024 WTA Finals. In an email to Reuters, a WTA spokesperson wrote that discussions with relevant stakeholders, including the WTA players, are currently in place, whose feedback will certainly be critical in reaching a decisive conclusion….
Iga Swiatek is one of the biggest advocates for mental health in sports, having experience dealing with it herself. Swiatek always looked destined for greatness, but getting there took a lot of work and introspection. We all remember her breaking down on a tennis court again and crying against Maria Sakkari in Guadalajara, which she…
The second edition of the United Cup will once again act as the official curtain-raiser for the new tennis season Down Under. Some of the sport’s biggest stars will be in the Australian cities of Perth and Sydney for the 10-day spectacle that will begin in earnest on December 29 and run till January 7….
The first Grand Slam tournament of the 2024 season is on the horizon, and the entry list for the women’s edition of the Australian Open has been released. Running from January 14th to 28th, next year’s Australian Open will have a historic Sunday start. One hundred twenty-eight women will compete in the biggest party of…
Brazil’s Laura Pigossi won her first title in Buenos Aires when she landed the WTA 125 IEB+ Argentina Open trophy with a 6-3 6-2 win over local favourite Maria Lourdes Carle in Sunday’s final. The World No 137, who was seeded 5, needed an hour and 32 minutes to topple 5th-seeded Carle, ranked 175 on…
Marina Bassols Ribera, the 6th seed from Spain, claimed her second WTA 125 title of 2023 at the Creand Andorra Open, defeating Russian Erika Andreeva, 7-5 7-6(3), to win the final after a 2 hour 30 minute battle. [My biggest improvement] was my mentality inside the court. I was playing good throughout the year, but…
