Iga Swiatek has taken to social media to comment on her \u201ctough\u201d exit at the 2026 Indian Wells Open as she looked ahead to the Miami Open.<\/p>\n
The six-time Grand Slam champion was beaten 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 by world No 9 Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament.<\/p>\n
Swiatek<\/a> had been in fine form in the Californian desert prior to her defeat to the 31-year-old Ukrainian, having dropped just 13 games in her opening three matches.<\/p>\n The two-time Indian Wells winner started her campaign in Tennis Paradise with a 6-0, 7-6(2) victory over 187th-ranked American qualifier Kayla Day before she defeated world No 34 Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-2 in the third round.<\/p>\n The Pole then dismantled world No 13 Karolina Muchova \u2014 who was on an eight-match winning streak \u2014 6-2, 6-0 in the last 16.<\/p>\n Swiatek now holds a 4-2 record against Svitolina, who she had defeated in straight sets in each of the pair\u2019s previous three encounters.<\/p>\n After the match, Svitolina said: \u201cYeah, it was a good day for me. I played really well. I mean, I wouldn\u2019t say it was the perfect match, but in a way, I could stay in the match and fight and find a way after losing second set. But, yeah, definitely very happy with the performance overall.\u201d<\/p>\n Why Iga Swiatek was beaten at Indian Wells \u2013 is her aura gone for good?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Iga Swiatek: Points and prize money earned after Indian Wells Open exit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n In a post on her Instagram account, Swiatek gave on honest assessment of her performance against Svitolina.<\/p>\n \u201cYesterday\u2019s match didn\u2019t go the way I wanted,\u201d Swiatek wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cNot my best day, not best performance for sure. It\u2019s tough, but these situations are part of sports life.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you all for the support. The hard work doesn\u2019t stop. See you in Miami.\u201d<\/p>\n Swiatek started Indian Wells as the world No 2, but she will be overtaken by Elena Rybakina when the WTA Rankings update next week<\/a>.<\/p>\n Swiatek will next compete at the WTA 1000 tournament in Miami, where main draw action will get underway on Tuesday 17 March.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old will be vying for her second Miami Open crown, having triumphed in South Florida in 2022.<\/p>\n She holds a 12-3 record from her previous four appearances at the Miami Open.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Sinner backed to end Alcaraz streak, Sabalenka\u2019s message, Eala a big winner \u2013 Indian Wells Open roundup<\/a> The post Iga Swiatek breaks silence with candid message after \u2018tough\u2019 Indian Wells Open exit<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iga Swiatek has taken to social media to comment on her \u201ctough\u201d exit at the 2026 Indian Wells Open as she looked ahead to the Miami Open. The six-time Grand Slam champion was beaten 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 by world No 9 Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament. Swiatek had been in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Iga Swiatek News<\/h2>\n
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