WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, June 29, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) With the draw of the 137th edition of the Wimbledon Championships completed on Friday, it provides both players and fans with a roadmap in which to follow during the upcoming British fortnight. The […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 8, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Iga Swiatek was all business from first ball to last one in her latest Roland-Garros final. On a beautiful Saturday in Paris, and with a full house of fans packing Court Philippe-Chatrier, the […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 6, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Two-time defending champion and this year’s top seed Iga Swiatek continued her reign of Roland-Garros by advancing to her third straight French Open final on a sun-splashed Thursday afternoon in Paris. The 23-year-old, […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 2, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The older Iga Swiatek gets the better she plays – and, sometimes, quicker, too. On Sunday morning, under cool and blustery conditions at the French Open in Paris, the just-turned 23-year-old three-time Roland-Garros […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 25, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) By any metric, Iga Swiatek is peaking at the right time for this year’s French Open. After all, as the 22-year-old Polish superstar arrives for this year’s clay-court major, she’s the winner of […]
ROME/WASHINGTON, May 18, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Coming into the women’s singles final of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia Saturday afternoon, only two women had swept Madrid and Rome in a single season, Dinara Safina in 2009 and Serena Williams in […]
MADRID/STARNBERG, May 4, 2024 World No. 1 Iga Swiatek clinched her first Mutua Madrid Open title in a spectacular fashion, saving three championship points to defeat defending champion Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(7) in the longest WTA Tour […]
STUTTGART, April 15, 2024 (Press Release) A visit to the Porsche Museum was at the top of Iga Swiatek’s wish list upon her return to Stuttgart, Germany this week. So, the two-time defending Porsche Tennis Grand Prix champion took advantage […]
ITF Press Release, April 11, 2024 Four-time Grand Slam champions Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka will look to give their nations the advantage on day one of the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Qualifiers. Swiatek will take on […]
MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 18, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Iga Swiatek and Danielle Collins had met once before at the Australian Open, when the American defeated Swiatek in the semifinals in 2022. Since then, Swiatek won their last three […]
