{"id":144054,"date":"2025-09-14T20:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/144054\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:29:09","slug":"iga-swiatek-delivers-fresh-fitness-update-ahead-of-her-first-match-since-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/144054\/","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek delivers fresh fitness update ahead of her first match since the US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iga Swiatek will play her first match since the US Open at the Korea Open, as she gets her Asian Swing underway. <\/p>\n

The Pole\u2019s appearance at the WTA<\/a> 500 events will mark her first tour-level match since the US Open, where she bowed out in the quarterfinals. <\/p>\n

In the last eight at Flushing Meadows, Swiatek lost to Amanda Anisimova<\/a> in straight sets, concluding a largely successful Grand Slam season. <\/p>\n

Two weeks after her defeat to the American, she will now kick off her campaign in Seoul, where several big names will feature. <\/p>\n

\"IgaPhoto by Sarah Stier\/Getty ImagesIga Swiatek speaks ahead of her first match at the Korea Open<\/p>\n

Emma Raducanu<\/a> and Sofia Kenin are among the stars who stand in the way of Swiatek<\/a>\u2018s pursuit of the title.<\/p>\n

The world number two said in her pre-tournament press conference: \u201cI don\u2019t think it makes sense to even think about the final already, and any girl can win this tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat players come here. So I\u2019m just going to really take it step by step. Just think about my first match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI only came here yesterday, so I really need to use my time to just focus on here and now, and the practices and the first match.<\/p>\n

\"IgaPhoto by Robert Prange\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see how I\u2019m going to feel, how I\u2019m going to play, and there are many players who can play in the final. So we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t been practicing a lot because I needed time to recover and to do everything to just be ready to play matches, so physically, I feel great.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I need to practice some more, but I don\u2019t have any pain or anything. It\u2019s all good.\u201d <\/p>\n

Iga Swiatek\u2019s impressive 2025 Grand Slam season<\/p>\n

Swiatek enjoyed her best Grand Slam season since 2022 this year, reaching at least the quarterfinals of each major. <\/p>\n

The 24-year-old matched her best career finish at the Australian Open in January when she made the semifinals before suffering defeat to eventual champion Madison Keys<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Though she was not able to claim her fourth Roland Garros crown in a row, Swiatek clinched a maiden Wimbledon championship, becoming the first from her country to emerge victorious in singles at the All England Club.<\/p>\n

Her triumph in SW19 completed the \u2018Surface Slam\u2019 and brought her within one Australian Open title of the Career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek will play her first match since the US Open at the Korea Open, as she gets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,616,76038,82,593,4306],"class_list":{"0":"post-144054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-iga-swiatek","11":"tag-korea-open","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}