Perplexing ‘Interview’ Reality Puts a Spanner in the Works as Iga Swiatek’s Free Flowing Winner’s ‘Speech’ Suddenly Interrupted at the China Open

The 22-year-old Polish tennis player, Iga Swiatek is having a Midas touch. Everything she touches surely turns to gold. She recently clinched her fifth title this year after defeating Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets at the China Open. Besides her incredible win, it was the hilarious interruption during her speech that caught the attention of fans in China.

She has won four Grand Slam titles so far, including 3 French Open and 1 US Open. Queen of Clay? Well, we’ll wait and see. But she has already become the first player since Serena Williams to claim five or more titles in successive seasons. She’s on a prolific run, devoid of any interruptions.

World number 2, Iga Swiatek surely doesn’t like interruptions

Swiatek made her first visit to the country of Red Dragons, and what a way to make her debut! China Open made a return to Beijing after 4 long years, and it witnessed a fair bit of a crowd this year. Fans enjoyed every moment of the epic encounter at the final. But the hilarious exchange between Iga and the presenter-cum-translator stole the show at the end of the day.

After collecting the trophy, she heaped praise on her opponent and the crowd. She said, “Thank you, by the way, for the cheering. I want to congratulate Liudmila. No matter what’s going on on the court, you’re a great person & that’s the most important thing. So thank you for everything… and to your team as well. This is important, I know.”

At the end of that, the presenter tried to interrupt Iga’s speech and translate it to the fans in Chinese. But Iga didn’t know what was happening. She asked, “Can I continue? I don’t know if this is an interview or speech, okay.”

To this the presenter quickly jumped into the scene to clarify her it was both a speech and an interview. Iga gave an awkward smile and went on to tell the presenter to continue. 

Swiatek must be on cloud nine, after her winning spree

The 22-year-old beat the Russian tennis player, Liudmila Samsonova, 6-2 6-2 at the China Open finals on Sunday. The match lasted for almost one hour and nine minutes. It turned out to be a dominating performance from the second-best in the world. She regarded this win as a “really big” victory as she was coming off a slump in form during the American hard court season.

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Swiatek’s pin point serve turned out to be her biggest asset in the match. She used her experience and took advantage of the slower conditions. She even went on to make zero unforced errors in the opening set of the match, which is quite remarkable. It didn’t take long for the 24-year-old Russian to succumb to this enormous pressure from the best on the court. 

Now, the youngest Polish Grand Slam champion looks to pounce upon the world number one, Aryna Sabalenka at the WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico later this month. Share your thoughts on this prolific run of Iga Swiatek.

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