Iga ¦wi ± tek met a rival at the start of the Australian Open. Wimbledon finalist

(8th WTA) had a successful performance in the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide. The Polish woman reached the semi-finals, in which she finally turned out to be weaker than Ashleigh Barty (2: 6, 4: 6). , which meant that the Polish woman could gather more strength for the first Grand Slam tournament in 2022. “I feel a slight pain in the area of ​​the ribs. After long talks, I decided to withdraw from the tournament in Sydney,” she wrote on Twitter.

Iga Świątek met her first rival at the Australian Open. She is a Wimbledon finalist

Everything is clear now. Iga ¦wi ± tek will start with a duel with Harriet Dart, who in the qualifying final defeated the Australian Kimberly Birrell 6: 3, 6: 3. The 25-year-old ranks 125th in the rankings, and so far her biggest achievement in singles career has been reaching the third round at Wimbledon in 2019. Then she defeated her without much difficulty (1: 6, 1: 6).

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Dart also reached the final in the mix in last year’s edition. The British paired with Joe Salisbury lost 2: 6, 6: 7 with the American-British duo Desirae Krawczyk – Neal Skupski. Harriet Dart also has four ITF World Tennis Tour rankings in singles. The Australian Open will start on January 17 this year, and the first round matches will be played next Monday and Tuesday.

Iga Świątek can play with Rebecca Peterson or Australian Daria Saville, whom she has already defeated in Adelaide, in the second round. In turn, the Polish woman in the third round of the tournament can play with. Last year, the tennis player from Raszyn reached the fourth round of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. Then, however, she had to recognize the superiority of Romania, with whom she lost 6: 3, 1: 6, 4: 6.

Source: Sport

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