By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, March 14, 202
As Iga Swiatek was rampaging to the WTA Finals title final November, she was involved about whole collapse.
World No. 1 Swiatek superior to the Indian Wells semifinals right this moment after former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki retired attributable to a foot harm with the highest seed up 6-4, 1-0.
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Throughout her post-match press convention, Swiatek was watching the TV monitor as bees swarmed the stadium through the Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Zverev quarterfinal, stung chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani and compelled the suspension of play.
That incident prompted media to query Swiatek on her strangest on-court expertise.
The four-time Grand Slam champion mentioned enjoying amid stormy Cancun final November, she felt it might all collapse.
“The strangest? I imply, the entire Cancun scenario was fairly unusual,” Swiatek mentioned. “I assumed truthfully the stadium was going to disintegrate once I was in the course of it. I am blissful that it did not.
“There have been some drunk folks in Melbourne as soon as once I performed my first Australian Open, I feel, professional, and in Miami, however that is not unusual, I assume. I imply, it is leisure. However yeah, they had been shouting and it was seen that they had been drunk.
“However that was tremendous. I imply, I am tremendous with that.”
The climate is so unhealthy in Cancun that Coco Gauff’s umbrella actually crumbled pic.twitter.com/HsyNL68PT9
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) November 4, 2023
Swirling winds that bent again umbrellas, sudden showers and delicate spots on the courtroom made Cancun fairly a problem final fall.
The 22-year-old Swiatek faces 21-year-old Marta Kostyuk in tomorrow’s semifinals.
It has been 12 years since a No. 1 seed, Victoria Azarenka in 2012, gained the BNP Paribas Open. The highest seed has gained simply two of the final 20 WTA 1000 championships.
Swiatek joins Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport and Maria Sharapova because the fourth lady to succeed in three consecutive Indian Wells semifinals and goals to maintain it rolling.
“Marta, she’s an ideal participant. It isn’t going to be straightforward,” Swiatek mentioned. “I do not really feel like her recreation fashion is far totally different than the gamers you face on tour. It did not really feel like I must follow extra right this moment to arrange for the match.
“I am maintaining my routines, and for positive I’ll put together tactically right this moment within the night.”
Photograph credit score: Artur Widak-NurPhoto-Getty
