During her pre-tournament press convention forward of the San Diego Open, World No. 1 Iga Swiatek printed that she didn’t know what ‘Twitch’ was once. She additionally mentioned she felt previous about her lack of awareness of the platform.
Gauff was once responding to a query about whether or not she, like fellow younger gun Coco Gauff, loved the new ‘TwitchCon’.
“I don’t know what Twitch is. I feel old,” Swiatek confessed in reaction.
Tennis lovers on social media quickly reacted to the Pole’s admission, with one emphasizing her identical nature to 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal.
“No DNA test needed she is Rafa’s daughter,” mentioned the fan.
Another fan insisted that newshounds ask extra about Swiatek’s hobby in books.
“They should know by now you should talk about books with Iga,” they tweeted.
Here are some extra reactions:
“The experience she gained over two years makes her a completely different player” – Agnieszka Radwanska on Iga Swiatek
Speaking in an interview with TVPSPORT.PL, Radwanska said that the present World No. 1 has ‘matured’ throughout this time.
“She’s grown up. Mature. She understood many of the tennis intricacies. The experience she gained over two years makes her a completely different player. Each court entry is now different than it was then in France. She is faced with constant pressure all the time. She hears from all sides that she must win by going out on the court. There are two sides to the coin,” Radwanska mentioned.
The former Wimbledon runner-up additionally identified that while Iga Swiatek has ascended to the highest of the scores, there don’t seem to be many to problem her presently.
“At the moment there is no one or two players who could compete with her equally,” she mentioned. “I’m not talking about making her life difficult. I mean more about epic meetings. Most of the girls in the lead are by chance or are not up to the level of Iga. There came a point in tennis when many girls ended their careers around the same time. There was a void in the lead.”
“I do not see a player who could play with her as an equal. In the long run, she may be losing to herself, which of course I do not wish her. Anything can happen in sports,” she added.