She can perform at her best on the courts, but for some she is simply not good enough. Star tennis player Iga Šwiateková (23) has to deal with criticism from former Russian personalities from the world of her sport. What do they have against the famous Poles?
Few players can match Iza Šwiatek on the court at the moment. The current world number one already has five Grand Slam titles at a young age. At this year’s US Open, he is also targeting participation in the semifinals. Even these excellent results do not prevent some from digging into Šwiateková.
Like, for example, the Russian tennis player Andrej Chesnokov (58), who did not take napkins with the four-time winner of Roland Garros. “I don’t like the only player. It’s Iga Šwiateková. When he loses, he makes excuses for everything. That she had a headache or was sick. Rafael Nadal always congratulated Novak Djokovic and said that he played excellently. She never says anything. There is only one person in the world for her. Herself. The others mean nothing,” complained the former ninth player in the world according to the We Love Tennis server.
But he was not the only one. Former world number one Yevgenij Kafelnikov (50) also wore Šwiateková. “Is anyone pushing you to play tennis? You’re just complaining all the time,” read Ize on the X social network and continued. “Then I’ll tell you what you deserve, you deserve to earn less money than you do now. What do you say to that?” he added.
But Šwiateková responded to the criticism of the Russians in her own way. She eliminated three Russian tennis players from the last four matches at the US Open. Kamila Rachimovová (23), Anastasia Pavlyučenkova (33) and Lyudmila Samsonovová (25) successively fell with her. She didn’t lose a single set with either one. At the same time, she appealed to the public to be more considerate.
“The amount of hate and criticism that myself and my team have faced is unbelievable. I would like to encourage everyone to be more considerate and not judge others so much,” she told foreign journalists. “It would be nice if they were more positive about our work. We sacrifice a lot for it, we work very hard,” she concluded.
Star tennis player Iga Šwiateková had to deal with criticism from Russian extennis players.