Swiatek left frustrated as WTA Finals mystery rumbles on: "It's pretty unfortunate and annoying"
WTASaturday, 26 August 2023 at 10:00
Current world number one Iga Swiatek is unhappy with the
delay in the announcement of the WTA Finals venue.
The tournament is the last mega-event in the calendar year
of women’s tennis and is scheduled to take place in October later this year.
Originally, the reports suggested that the tournament would
take place in Japan but recent rumours suggest that the competition might be
shifted to Saudi Arabia this year.
Swiatek, while talking ahead of the upcoming US Open 2023,
stated her annoyance about the delay in the announcement of the venue for the
event.
“I don't have a lot of thoughts because we hear many stuff
on tour. I'm still waiting for, like, the final decision,” said the Polish
tennis star. “We as players, we are not involved in all the discussions. I'm
kind of waiting on what WTA will tell us. For sure it's pretty unfortunate and
annoying we don't have any decision yet. But I'll see. I'll probably have more
to say when the decision is going to be out.
“Well, obviously we want to know because it's hard to plan
also what's going to happen after. I would love to play Billie Jean King Cup
Finals, especially when we got a wild card. I don't know where the Finals are
going to be, how it's going to look with the traveling and everything.
“It would be great, yeah, if the decision were made earlier.
Especially when we were in Fort Worth, they kind of assured us the decision is
going to be made at the beginning of the year. It is a little bit annoying, but
as players there's nothing we can do, because it's all about business and
negotiations that WTA has, so we kind of have to wait.”
Swiatek will be defending her title at the US Open this year
and will begin her competition with a match against Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson
on Monday.
Azeem Siddiqui is a seasoned sports journalist and data analyst with a strong background in both digital media and live sports production.
He began his journalism career working with partners of The New York Times and has since contributed to several leading international sports publications, including Fox Sports Asia, Calciomercato, and GiveMeSport. Since 2023, Azeem has been part of the TennisUpToDate team, where he has played a key role in sustaining the platform’s growth and ensuring tennis fans receive timely and reliable coverage of the sport’s biggest stories.
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