{"id":73656,"date":"2025-08-11T02:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T02:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/73656\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T02:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T02:33:08","slug":"iga-swiatek-is-very-sad-former-doubles-partner-quips-about-their-now-broken-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/73656\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Iga \u015awi\u0105tek is Very Sad&#8217; &#8212; Former Doubles Partner Quips About Their Now Broken Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iga \u015awi\u0105tek\u2019s path in doubles has looked very different from her singles dominance, and fans have noticed. The Polish star shifted her focus toward singles right after the 2021 partnership with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and those team-ups gave tennis fans plenty to talk about from April through October that year. Now, a playful Instagram post from Mattek-Sands brings back memories of their high drama and deep friendship, so what really happened, and could \u015awi\u0105tek ever return to doubles?<\/p>\n<p>Why Did Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Iga \u015awi\u0105tek Split Up After 2021?<\/p>\n<p>It all started with a scramble at the Miami Open 2021. Mattek-Sands was desperate for a partner, and she landed \u015awi\u0105tek just 20 minutes before the deadline. From that quick start, the duo strung together a busy six months, packing in appearances at four WTA tournaments. Their run included a semifinal at Miami, a finals berth at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rolandgarros\/status\/1402624791681679370\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Roland Garros 2021<\/a>, and a quarterfinal at Cincinnati. Along the way, \u015awi\u0105tek and Mattek-Sands fought out wild comebacks, saving seven match points in the third round at Roland Garros against top seeds, and rallying from 1-5 down to win 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.<\/p>\n<p>That stretch featured both heartbreak and highlights. The Indian Wells Masters 2021 marked the last chapter, when the pair reached the round of 16 and lost to the second-seeded duo of Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens, 1-6, 6-4, [10-8]. After that, \u015awi\u0105tek stepped away from regular doubles play and focused on her singles career, only popping up in occasional mixed or team events since.<\/p>\n<p>Mattek-Sands and \u015awi\u0105tek\u2019s partnership wasn\u2019t just unexpected, it was fun to watch both on and off the court. Their personalities balanced each other out: Mattek-Sands brought energy and a loud approach, while \u015awi\u0105tek played things much quieter. The American veteran made sure to point out \u015awi\u0105tek\u2019s versatility, saying, \u201cShe can hit every shot.\u201d Their Cincinnati run showed that chemistry, even as they fell to the Czech pair of Barbora Krej\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 and Kate\u0159ina Siniakov\u00e1 in the quarterfinals, the same duo that beat them in the Roland Garros final.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Mattek-Sands took to Instagram to poke fun at their time together, posting a photo from Cincinnati 2021 and replying to a fan question about the split:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you can see @iga.swiatek is very sad she stopped playing doubles\u2026 BUT I\u2019m always here for her!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1056428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iga-c59bwic485tek-is-very-sad-08-10-25-178x300.png\" alt=\"Iga Swiatek\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\"  \/>Bethanie Mattek-Sands\u2019 Instagram story<br \/>\nWhat Does The Future Hold for \u015awi\u0105tek in Doubles?<\/p>\n<p>\u015awi\u0105tek made her singles career the priority after that partnership ended at Indian Wells in October 2021. Since then, she\u2019s rarely appeared in doubles draws, focusing on building her legacy on the singles tour instead. Still, tennis fans remember that wild stretch of 2021 alongside Mattek-Sands, full of last-minute entries, clutch comebacks, and high-fives after big points.<\/p>\n<p>Even if \u015awi\u0105tek doesn\u2019t return soon, Mattek-Sands made it clear in her Instagram post that the door is always open for a reunion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"cs\">Women\u2019s doubles final 4\ufe0f\u20e3<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Mattek-Sands\/Swiatek \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 vs. \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 Begu\/Podoroska \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7<br \/>\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Linette\/Pera \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 vs. \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Krejcikova\/Siniakova \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RolandGarros?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">#RolandGarros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RslX8OmL8U\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/RslX8OmL8U<\/a><br \/>\u2014 Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rolandgarros\/status\/1402624791681679370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">June 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After all, partnerships like theirs don\u2019t just happen. The energy and trust they built showed up in every close match.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iga \u015awi\u0105tek\u2019s path in doubles has looked very different from her singles dominance, and fans have noticed. 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