Iga Swiatek instructed to skip US Open as Martina Navratilova comes down laborious on No 1
Iga Swiatek has obtained some brutal recommendation from Martina Navratilova forward of her US Open title defence. The world No 1 has been trustworthy about having nothing left within the tank following her current defeat to Coco Gauff in Cincinnati. But Navratilova stated Swiatek wanted to both “suck it up” or select to not play the US Open.
Swiatek is getting ready to try to defend her US Open crown – up to now her solely Grand Slam title away from the clay courts of Paris. The 22-year-old’s North American swing hasn’t gone how she would have favored as far as she suffered semi-final losses in each Canada and Cincinnati.
The world No 1 hasn’t had a lot of a break since Wimbledon, as she performed her house match in Warsaw and lifted the title on the finish of final month. But retired tennis legend Navratilova has come down laborious on Swiatek, telling her to take the day without work if she wouldn’t “get on with it”.
“The stress on the players, I understand that – and Iga being Polish she had to play Warsaw. Normally, if she wasn’t Polish, she would have never played [that event] and would have taken an extra couple of weeks of rest so maybe that’s why she’s tired,” the 18-time Grand Slam champion instructed i.
“But I still have to say, ‘Come on, just suck it up’. It’s September, you didn’t play that many tournaments and this is the US Open. So if you can’t get up for that… if you’re that mentally tired, don’t play. Take the time off and concentrate on the season-ending tournament. Just take the time off. Force yourself to take the vacation. That’s okay. I never gave myself permission to do that, never occurred to me that I could do that. ”
With Swiatek selecting to play in Flushing Meadows, the 66-year-old additionally suggested the reigning champion to place her head down and push via the subsequent two weeks. Navratilova added: “Or simply get on with it and say, ‘Okay, I’m wonderful. It’s simply two weeks, it’s seven matches, I actually need to work laborious [for] possibly 20 hours, these subsequent two weeks.’