Swiatek gains unanimous support from fans for WTA Player of the Year: "Or it's rigged"

Tennis fans on social media are overwhelmingly in favour of Iga Swiatek winning the WTA player of the year award.

Many voiced their thoughts after the WTA announced the nomination and there were some interesting reactions. The category has six nominees with Swiatek widely considered the favourite after her historic year and fans are backing her widely.

We bring you some of their reactions below:

"Why are there 6 nominees? Lol. Like seriously. Just look at the rankings for frikk sakes. Swiatek leads the ranking by like 6000 points lol. If she doesn't win it, cancel the damn award."

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"Tennis is so funny, we literally know who won the most titles, who has more points, etc and we still get a bunch of journalists to vote for Player of the year, lmao."

Some more:

"Can’t help thinking @ashbarty should be on this list. Feels like a lifetime ago, but she did go 11-0 beating four of the players on that list to win the Adelaide WTA 500 and #AusOpen. Love Swiatek for the award, just thought it deserved a mention."

"IGA wins or it's rigged"

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