Possibly food poisoning
Tennis queen Swiatek fears for Wimbledon
6/30/2023, 9:28 p.m
The world number one Iga Swiatek has to end the lawn tennis tournament in Bad Homburg early due to illness. This means that the unseeded Italian Lucia Bronzetti is the finalist. Whether Swiatek can start at the classic in Wimbledon is open.
French Open winner Iga Swiatek may have to worry about her participation in the grass classic in Wimbledon. The tournament starts on Monday. The 22-year-old Pole canceled her semi-finals at the WTA tournament in Bad Homburg on Friday due to illness. “I had a restless night because of a fever and possibly food poisoning,” wrote the world number one on Twitter.
“I’m not able to perform today and I have to take care of myself,” added Swiatek, but stressed that he hoped to get better soon. Previously, she had once again marched through the tournament largely effortlessly and had also defeated Tatjana Maria in three sets. Due to Swiatek’s withdrawal, Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti reached the final without a fight. There she meets the Czech Katerina Siniakova on Saturday, who defeated Emma Navarro from the USA 6-2, 6-2.
Quite curious: A few hours earlier, Siniakova had been successful in the continuation of her quarter-final game against Liudmila Samsonowa from Russia: After the match was adjourned on Thursday evening due to darkness when the score was 1-1, she won the third round 6-2.
After her third triumph at the French Open a few weeks ago, Swiatek is considered the top favorite for the title in Wimbledon alongside defending champion Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. The Chinese Zhu Lin is waiting for her in round one. Last year, Swiatek failed in the third round to Alize Cornet from France.