Iga Swiatek has revealed in a special program reviewing 2024 aired in Poland that her defeat in the tournament in Dubai in 2024 occurred under curious circumstances. The Polish player had defeated Stephens, Svitolina, and Zheng that week, but in the semifinals, she started experiencing much stronger cold symptoms and overwhelming fatigue. She fell to Kalinskaya and shortly after, tests revealed she had COVID.
Iga's team revealed that Iga had what later turned out to be Covid. She thought it was a cold. Tomasz Wiktorowski said they didn't disclose it afterward because they never liked to give "excuses" for Iga's losses. Iga said her legs did not feel her own; they didn't "listen" to her pic.twitter.com/qVMULOquPD
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