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Iga Swiatek slams Polish media in brutally honest rant: Weird and ridiculous stuff

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Clara Tauson

Iga Swiatek says she doesn't read a lot of Polish media simply because she finds "ridiculous" some of the stuff that has been written about her over the years.

When the Polish tennis star became one of the best in the women's game, she also instantly became one of the most popular and most recognizable athletes in her country. And as you can correctly guess, that put her every move and result under the extra loop. 

When Swiatek missed some of the Billie Jean King Cup action, she was heavily criticized by the media back home. Also, the former world No. 1 went through some heavy scrutiny before ending her 13-month title drought at Wimbledon. 

Swiatek: Some stuff written about me was weird and ridiculous… I didn't believe people until I read it myself

"Overall, I don't read. I only did when I had, like, two months off from tournaments just because I was kind of bored, and there was a lot of weird things that totally didn't make sense. So I wanted to actually see that because it was so ridiculous that I didn't believe people around me saying that what media wrote. I wanted to have that proof. But besides that, I don't read at all. Doesn't make sense. Sorry, guys," the 24-year-old explained when asked about the Polish press in Montreal.

As mentioned above, Swiatek endured some major criticism during her struggling period as the Polish media heavily speculated reasons behind her dip in results.

After putting up an impressive Wimbledon run and ending her title drought in the best way possible, the current world No. 3 had a message for the Polish media – she ripped their treatment of her as "unpleasant" and asked them to leave her alone.

Meanwhile, Swiatek is also off to a promising start in Montreal, where she will look to extend her winning streak to 10 matches when she takes on Clara Tauson in the round-of-16.

Montreal: Defending champ Jessica Pegula shocked by No. 386 after blowing big lead

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Anastasija Sevastova

Defending Canadian Open champion Jessica Pegula is out of the Montreal third round after blowing a big lead and picking up a shock 6-3 4-6 1-6 loss to world No. 386 Anastasija Sevastova.

The American, seeded at No. 3 in Montreal, made a strong start as she claimed breaks in the first and ninth games to routinely take the opening set. Up by a set, the defending champion also won the first two games of the second set.

Leading by a set and a break, Pegula appeared to be heading toward a routine straight-set win. But then, Sevastova responded by stunningly winning the next four games. While the American managed to get the break back and level the set to four games apiece, she lost her serve again in the ninth game as the Latvian went 5-4 up before serving out for a decider in the following game.

After failing to capitalize on her early lead, Pegula's game completely collapsed as the world No. 386 won five games in a row from 1-1 in the third set to complete her shock comeback.

Sevastova collects her first top-10 win since beating Serena Williams & And who is her next Montreal rival?

By beating world No. 4 Pegula, Sevastova – a former world No. 11 – registered her first top-10 win since upsetting Serena Williams in the Billie Jean King Cup. 

For a place in the Montreal quarterfinal, Sevastova will play against Naomi Osaka, who defeated Jelena Ostapenko today. 

So far, they have met five times and Osaka leads their head-to-head 3-2. However, it should be noted that their last match came more than six years ago during the 2019 Australian Open.