"Everything is okay" Swiatek shuts down injury concers after Madrid Open withdrawal

World No.1 Iga Swiatek has withdrawn from the Mutua Madrid Open due to a shoulder injury but she explained it's not a problem but more fatigue.

Speaking at the Madrid Open media day, Swiatek said:

"Basically, it's not like we have some drama because everything is okay. You can see in Stuttgart that basically I'm doing fine. We just thought that this is the best decision for me to recover properly because I didn't really have time to recover after all these tournaments. After each of them I had like two days to chill out and then I had to come back to work and adjust to so many different things in every place. So basically, right now I feel like this is the best decision for us to get ready for Rome and have the peak of my form in Roland Garros."

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She further said:

"I wanted to play it really badly, honestly. But sometimes you just have to make the smartest decision possible. My heart was like, 'Hey, Iga, this is Madrid.' I only had one chance to play here, and I feel like I could do better. So I wanted to improve the result that I had last year."