the polish Iga SwiatekThe 21 -year -old received the Suzanne Lenglen Cup on Saturday at the Philippe Chatrier court, which she recognized as the winner of Roland Garros 2022 from the hands of legendary Swedish former tennis player Mats Wilander and offered a few words to his Ukrainian neighbors: “Stay steadfast”.
Tearfully, the Warsaw player praised the maturity of his rival, the 18-year-old American. Coco Gauff, and thanked his team for supporting him “through thick and thin.” This is the second Grand Slam he has lifted, after Roland Garros in 2020.
The Pole offered a few words of salute to Ukraine, which Russia has been invading for three months.
“I wanted to remember that the war is still there, stay strong to keep fighting,” the tennis player said in an unexpected statement, and mentioned that he hopes that by this time the war will end.
Gauff, who at the age of 18 played in his first major final, considered his rival’s success deserved and wished they met “on other occasions”.
Source: La Verdad
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