Swiatek aiming for Sunshine double in Miami

Iga Swiatek broke out in 2020, consolidated herself as a great player in 2021 and this year it's seems like it's time to dominate.

Swiatek continued her hugely impressive start to the season with victory at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. The new world No. 2 has now won 11 matches in a row, lifted back-to-back WTA 1000 titles after also winning the Qatar Open, and has a tour-leading tally of 20 wins for the year.

She also matched Agnieszka Radwanska as the highest-ranked Polish player of all time, and has the chance to make more history at the Miami Open this week. The last woman to win Indian Wells and Miami Open back-to-back was Victoria Azarenka in 2016. The only other women to achieve the feat are Steffi Graf (1994 and 1996) and Kim Clijsters (2004).

Swiatek could also close the gap to Barty with a triumph in Miami coming very close to becoming world number one. Being number two is already a bit too much for her:

“It’s pretty surreal for now. I have to look at it and I have to check the rankings by myself and just see it. Right now, it is too surreal to describe it, honestly… But for sure, I want to go higher because I feel like getting No. 1 is closer and closer."

She further said:

“After playing so well in previous tournaments, I didn’t know it was possible for me to play that well for that long. The challenge now is to continue this form and that will not be easy.”