Honestly, I think what’s building up is there she feels alienated on the wta tour.
I don’t think she is well liked in the locker room where you see other women on tour have some positive relationships and friendships off the court. Most of it is truly Iga’s own doing. Sure everyone bends the rules now and then , but she is a sore loser and it adds up. You can’t win every match and eventually someone is going to end your dominance that you had in 2022/2023.
Adding in the failed doping test that resulted in 1 month suspension then some controversial unsportsmanlike actions to start the year, I feel the dislike for her in the locker room only grows.
Iga delayed Madison Keys' serve at the start of the 3rd set by warming up some groundstrokes swings and also holding her racquet up. Yuck, she's got no shame. Keys was like, "WTF?" Then she aced her, LOL.
This just cold, brilliant , amazing!
Prime example of Iga creating enemies.
Also don’t forget after she warmed up her ground strokes, she stuck her hand up to pause her from serving.
This just cold, brilliant , amazing!
Prime example of Iga creating enemies.
Also don’t forget after she warmed up her ground strokes, she stuck her hand up to pause her from serving.
Yes! Also you can see at the end of this following video, during the match vs Collins in Australia, holding her racquet to stop Collins from serving even though she was ready to receive. Pathetic!
i’ve been in the situation before, hard for me to tell sometimes and the video replay didn’t clarify much for me. i don’t think draper did it in purpose. but you can and that’s fair.
Swiatek has to be one of the most hated players in the locker room. Her gamesmanship is worse than Nadal’s. She’s a doper like Sinner. What’s there to like…?