Iga Swiateknumber 1 in the world rankings, after beating in his first round of the tournament Wta 500 in Stuttgart Elise Mertens faces today on German indoor clay Emma Raducanu. Swiatek spoke about this quarter-final, the moment of the WTA and also about Aryna Sabalenka.
On the match that will take place this afternoon, Friday 19 April, the Polish player highlighted that “it seems like all the pieces of Raducanu’s game are working again. It’s good to see him, he obviously has potential.
It will not be easy: he knows how to spin the ball and how to behave well on clay.” On his moment Swiatek underlines: “I’m very happy with how I played against Mertens. The first match on clay is always difficult.
Must be patients and work on the point. Here in Stuttgart the court is relatively fast, so it serves as a good transition between the hard court and clay tour.”
Iga Swiatek and the pressure: “It’s there in every tournament, you can’t avoid it at this level”
Already a two-time champion in Stuttgart, she is aiming for a trio: “It’s always there pressure in every tournament, Swiatek analyzes, you can’t avoid it at this level.
In tennis anything can happen.” On the moment of Wta: “I feel like it’s me who Aryna Sabalenka we have shown over the last few years that there is coherence, consistency and consistency in the WTA. We’ll see what the next few years have in store.
There have been players who have dominated the circuit during their career. and I am only at the beginning of the work to be done.” Today’s Stuttgart program also includes on the pitch Jasmine Paolini who plays the first match at 12.30 against Elena Rybakina.
Followed by Vondrousova-Sabalenka. The one between Swiatek and Raducanu will be the third quarter-final while the match between Kostyuk and Gauff will close.
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