Iga Swiatek breezed through to the third round of Wimbledon by defeating Karolina Pliskova in straight sets.<\/p>\n
Swiatek raced to a 6-1, 6-3 victory against the former World No 1 in what was one of her best performances under new coach Francisco Roig.<\/p>\n
The World No 3 struggled in her first match against Taylor Townsend, needing a deciding set to get through the contest, but that wasn\u2019t the case against Pliskova.<\/p>\n
Martina Navratilova, who was watching Swiatek on BBC Sport commentary duty, was very impressed by the Pole\u2019s performance in her second round match.<\/p>\n
The multi-time Grand Slam champion rated Swiatek an A+ for her performance, which was then relayed to the Pole in her post-match interview.<\/p>\n
Speaking on-court to the BBC, Swiatek was asked about Navratilova\u2019s high praise following the match.<\/p>\n
Iga Swiatek\u2019s \u2018turbulent\u2019 team dynamics under the spotlight after emotional Wimbledon win<\/a><\/p>\n Iga Swiatek sends clear message to critics of her psychologist Daria Abramowicz<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWow! Thanks for that. When legends like that say nice things about you, it means a lot,\u201d said Swiatek<\/a> about Navratilova\u2019s<\/a> comments.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is basically why you try to be the best tennis player possible, so that people appreciate it. I\u2019m really happy that she is saying that,\u201d she said, although she later admitted that she didn\u2019t agree with the assessment.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if it was an A+ because at times it was a tricky game, especially with the wind. Sometimes the balls were really low and far away from you,\u201d said Swiatek.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt like I played so many dirty shots in that final game especially, I wasn\u2019t able to control them that much. So maybe not A+, more like B I would say.\u201d<\/p>\n Swiatek will next play Alexandra Eala<\/a> at Wimbledon<\/a>, who defeated Maya Joint<\/a> in a three-set contest. Eala has made it to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career and she has been rewarded with a very tough match against the Pole.<\/p>\n Swiatek and Eala have been constant foes since the Filipina\u2019s breakthrough tournament at the Miami Open<\/a> back in 2025, which saw her reach the semi-finals of the event.<\/p>\n Eala toppled Swiatek during the American event, knocking the then-World No 2 out in straight sets in the quarter-finals of the Masters event.<\/p>\n The pair met in the Madrid Open a few months later, which allowed Swiatek to earn some semblance of revenge on the rising Filipina star.<\/p>\n Swiatek will be the overwhelming favourite to win the contest, but it has all the makings of a banana skin for the World No 3. The match is set to take place Saturday, July 4th, with the order of play yet to be confirmed by the Grand Slam.<\/p>\n The post Iga Swiatek disagrees with Martina Navratilova\u2019s opinion on her latest win at Wimbledon<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iga Swiatek breezed through to the third round of Wimbledon by defeating Karolina Pliskova in straight sets. Swiatek raced to a 6-1, 6-3 victory against the former World No 1 in what was one of her best performances under new coach Francisco Roig. The World No 3 struggled in her first match against Taylor Townsend, […]<\/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-2427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427","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=2427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}