After qualifying for the round of 16 at Roland-Garros at the expense of Czech Marie Bouzkova this Friday, Polish world number 1 Iga Swiatek had the worst difficulty explaining to Fabrice Santoro in which park she went for a walk.
Clearly, this start of Roland-Garros is rich in emotions for Iga Swiatek. Especially after his matches. On Wednesday, after dismissing the Japanese Naomi Osaka, the world number one stood out by asking the Central Court audience to make less noise during the exchanges. This Friday, the Pole, who celebrated her 23rd birthday, was treated to the traditional song repeated by all the spectators after easily beating the Czech Marie Bouzkova (6-4, 6-2). A touching moment before a moment of solitude.
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During his post-match interview, former French tennis player Fabrice Santoro asked the two-time defending champion which place she visited this year in Paris. “This park….” replied Iga Swiatek after a long hesitation. Embarrassed at not being able to express herself in French and not being able to make herself understood, the Pole then tried to explain to Santoro where she had been walking, in a conversation that was inaudible since the ex-French player had cut off his microphone. But despite her gestures and an attempt at a plan with her feet on the clay, the world number 1 did not succeed in finding the name of the park and summed up the situation well on the microphone: “We both don’t know what am I talking about.”
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Relaunched a few minutes later at a press conference, she claimed not to have had time to check and not to have understood Fabrice Santoro because of the noise. Information taken and since the suspense is unbearable, she finally found the name of the park where she went for a walk: “National Estate of Saint-Cloud”, she tweeted. Understand the Saint-Cloud national domain located not far from Roland-Garros. On the road to a third consecutive coronation at Porte d’Auteuil, Swiatek will face in the 8th the Russian Anastasia Potapova (41st) who beat the Chinese Wang Xinyu.
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2024-05-31 19:54:41
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