Iga Swiatek says she cried when she heard about Ash Barty’s retirement
Iga Swiatek has described becoming world number one as a ‘huge moment’ but says she cried after finding out Ashleigh Barty had retired.
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Iga Swiatek has described becoming world number one as a ‘huge moment’ but says she cried after finding out Ashleigh Barty had retired.
Ash Barty has won her first golf title at a local tournament in Brisbane after recently retiring from tennis. The 25-year-old shocked the sporting world when she announced her retirement from tennis last month to «chase other dreams» and has now prompted rumours that could include a switch to professional golf. Ad/> On Saturday, the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champion won the ladies competition at the Brookwater Golf and Country Club in Brisbane’s outskirts.
:World number one Iga Swiatek said she cried for 40 minutes after learning of three-times Grand Slam champion Ash Barty's shock retirement from tennis last month.
For the first time since 2019, Indian Wells and the Miami Open have been completed back to back. Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz took the men’s titles across the two Masters 1000 events while Iga Swiatek became only the fourth woman in history to win the Sunshine Double as she extended her winning run to 17 matches. Ad/> With attentions now turning to the clay swing, we look back on the top 10 players from the last month of the season… Tennis‘I was crying for 40 minutes’ — Swiatek on sudden Barty retirement2 HOURS AGO Iga Swiatek Surprise surprise.
Iga Swiatek was confirmed as the new WTA number one in the rankings released Monday, replacing the retired Ashleigh Barty. The 20-year-old celebrated her new status in style on Sunday, winning the Miami Open with a straight-sets victory over four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka. Swiatek's victory made her only the fourth women's player in history to win the Indian Wells and Miami tournaments back-to-back.
Poland's Iga Swiatek was confirmed as the new WTA number one in the rankings released on Monday, replacing the retired Ashleigh Barty.
Naomi Osaka has admitted that she will be looking to Rafael Nadal as she prepares for the upcoming clay-court swing. The former world No 1 recently reached her first final since winning the 2021 at the Australian Open, losing the Miami championship match to Iga Swiatek. After finding her form once more, she is turning her attention to the next part of the season.
Carlos Alcaraz es el nuevo campeón del y, por ello, resulta ser el jugador más agradecido en cuanto a premio económico se refiere. En total se reparten cerca de 7,7 millones de euros (concretamente, 8.584.055 dólares), lo que es un incremento notable con la cifra del año pasado, cuando fueron 6.687.000 dólares a distribuir.