Swiatek chose three tennis players to invite to lunch

Iga Swiatek made his right-footed debut on Tuesday at Wimbledon. The world number 1 won with authority over American Sofia Kenin 6-3 6-4 in a match she dominated from the start.

Already in the press room, asked the Polish woman Which three tennis players would you like to invite to a restaurant?a question he answered naturally.

“Sure, Steffi Graf. I want to talk to him, get to know him and share some experiences. I also think of Maria Sharapova. We didn’t really talk anymore because he retired when I was just entering. And I feel like he’s made some good decisions off the court in terms of his business and handled everything well so you can get examples from him. Serena too” their choices.

Of Aleman, he also emphasized “his mentality. I find it difficult to compare styles because obviously we play in different eras of tennis. It’s hard to find the same thing. Especially with his backhand, court and volleys and I can’t play this kind of thing (smiling). More about mentality.”

The Pole held the first serve admirably, winning 84% of those shot points, and reduced Kenin to just nine wins.

Despite giving up his serve in the early stages of the match, Swiatek only had one break chance againin the penultimate game of the match, and sealed a victory that boosted his confidence to finally tame the grass in London.

The world number 1 is the absolute dominator of the clay courtwhere he won four of the last five Roland Garros, but still has not transferred this superiority to grass.

His best result at Wimbledon was last year’s quarterfinalsa round below what was expected from the best tennis player on the planet.

With Aryna Sabalenka and Marketa Vondrousova out of the gamein addition to Elena Rybakina’s physical doubts and Ons Jabeur’s refusal, the Pole’s options increased.

She will face Croatian Petra Martic in the second round.