Still Scared by Ons Jabeur’s Halloween Prank, Iga Swiatek Pleads Rival as She Makes Priorities Clear at WTA Finals in Mexico

The WTA Finals are going on in full swing. The top female players of the season have made it to Mexico to become the best players of the season. Some exciting battles are taking place at the tournament in what promises to be an intriguing event. Meanwhile, Halloween is also coinciding with the tournament. The tradition is widely celebrated across the tennis world. Recently, the former World Number 1, Iga Swiatek, remembered an old incident involving fellow player Ons Jabeur.

Swiatek is also in Mexico to participate in the WTA Finals. She had a resounding start to her campaign, defeating Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets. Here’s what she said about Halloween.

Iga Swiatek doesn’t want to get pranked

Last year, players celebrated Halloween at the same tournament. On that occasion, Tunisian star Jabeur played a prank on Swiatek while she was in an interview. As a result, a loud scream resulted from Swiatek’s mouth.

Minutes ago, Swiatek took to her official Twitter handle to share the video of the prank that Jabeur played on her last year. Additionally, she wrote, “Don’t try this today @Ons_Jabeur please.”

In the video, Swiatek can be seen giving an interview in a room when suddenly Jabeur appears from behind. She was dressed in a scary Halloween costume, from top to bottom. Subsequently, Jabeur went in front of Swiatek, scaring her by screaming. As a result, a loud shout erupted from Swiatek’s end as she took stock of the situation.

Despite their intriguing rivalry, Swiatek and Jabeur are good friends off the court. The latter even supported Swiatek as she faced criticism online.

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Jabeur backs Swiatek

Over the past few months, the Polish star has had turbulent times. Swiatek has performed inconsistently off late that didn’t go down well with her fans and many started criticizing her on social media.

However, fellow player, Ons Jabeur didn’t like peoples’ reactions. She hit out at them by saying, “I’m glad that Iga is talking about it. Honestly, I mean, you win, you lose, you get hate messages no matter what you do. We need more nicer people in this earth, but I don’t think you can change the mentality of some betters.”

The two are in the same group and will go up against each other at least once in the tournament. It’ll be interesting to see who comes out on the top in that contest.

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