‘The Americans Had Serena Williams’- Iga Swiatek Names ‘The One Who Paved the Way’ for Belief to Replace Her Preconceived Notions

Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek is currently the stunner of the show after her recent victory at the WTA 2023 Finals. While the tennis fraternity including legends like Martina Navratilova is smitten by Iga’s tennis strokes, this world’s number-one tennis player exclaims how challenging the path was for her.

After facing a horrible defeat at the US Open, Swiatek was moved to the second position in global tennis. However, she made her fierce come back with the WTA 2023 glory in Cancun. Now in a recent interview, Swiatek reveals the name of her true idol. Want to know the name?

Iga Swiatek reveals her idol during her challenging path in professional tennis

Swiatek truly brought Poland’s name into the sphere of global tennis. However, the scene wasn’t like this from the beginning. In a recent interview, Iga revealed that the tennis community kept more faith in other country’s players. But Iga truly shined through her skills.

Since Russians had more titles during her growing days and Americans had Serena Williams, players from those countries were treated more professionally in tennis. They were thought better compared to Polish tennis players. In Iga’s words-“At that stage I felt that, despite my results similar to those of my classmates from other countries, the community did not fully believe in my success as a senior. The Russians won more then and the Americans had Serena Williams, who promoted tennis around the world. It seemed to me that girls from those countries were more successful and their environment treated them differently.”

This comment explains how Iga Swiatek had to work hard to get this position of fame. However, here Swiatek brought a twist as she revealed the name of a special person, who inspired and motivated his challenging path in professional tennis. This person is Agnieszka Radwanska, the legendary Polish tennis player with twenty WTA titles. Iga revealed- “It would definitely be harder for me if it weren’t for Agnieszka Radwanska, she was the one who paved the way.”

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Iga Swiatek’s performance surely blew the minds of the tennis fraternity. Following that, legends like Navratilova shifted her preference from Coco Gauff to Iga Swiatek. Want to know what Navratilova thinks about this world’s number-one player?

Martina Navratilova is smitten by Iga Swiatek’s amazing performance

Swiatek received a heck load of praise after she achieved a fierce victory at the 2023 WTA finals after a challenging condition. Tennis legend Matina Navratilova particularly seemed mesmerized seeing Swiatek in full form. Navratilova commented- “She just blew right through everybody.” 

In fact, Navratilova admitted how Swiatek’s WTA 2023 Finals performance truly shifted her focus from Coco Gauff. Navratilova said- “I was picking Gauff. Now I think maybe Gauff will pass Sabalenka for No.2. But I don’t know if either one of them can get past Iga if she has a good offseason, stays healthy, stays fresh.”

Now receiving praises from Martina Navratilova is not a joke. But Iga Swiatek surely deserves this compliment after such immense hard work. After all the hardships, she surely proved her worth as the world’s number-one tennis player. What do you think?

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