a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n\u201cThe last two days were pretty terrible,\u201d she stated during her post-match press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I have some virus, so I know you guys want your answers, but you better watch out. So it\u2019s been, you know, some hours fine, some hours pretty bad, so high heart [sic]. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere is something going on between players that the virus is somewhere on site, so I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be fine in a couple of days, but I had zero energy and zero stability. <\/p>\n
\u201cI just felt really bad physically and yesterday even worse so I thought maybe today it\u2019s going to be better but maybe it was but not enough to play a tennis match. <\/p>\n
\u201cWell I still felt like I had a chance but then in the third set I started feeling even like a little bit dizzy and not really coordinated so I couldn\u2019t really drink anything because I just felt like I\u2019m full constantly and the energy went down drastically. <\/p>\n
\u201cUntil the third set started, I felt like I still have a chance. So this was the case right now. But I don\u2019t remember the second time I retired.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her match against Li marks the Pole\u2019s first mid-match retirement since her Rome quarter-final against Elena Rybakina in 2023.<\/p>\n
The American collects her second top-10 victory and will next play Canadian Leylah Fernandez.<\/p>\n
Last season, Swiatek reached the semi-finals of the Madrid Open, where she was comprehensively beaten by Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n
As a result, she was defending 390 ranking points and will now drop 325 of them, adding to a difficult stretch for the Pole.<\/p>\n
She could drop to world No 3 if Gauff reaches the final or Amanda Anisimova wins the title.<\/p>\n
Swiatek will next compete at the Italian Open, which takes place from May 5 to 17.<\/p>\n
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