“I begged Serena Williams to pack up and go home… She made a mistake” – When father Richard regretted her beating Steffi Graf in Indian Wells final

“She refused to listen to my pleas for her to leave and return home. Despite her victory, I believe she made a mistake.The 22-year-old had yet another fantastic season, winning her fourth French Open title in five years and taking home five titles.

Swiatek did, however, lose her world number ranking to Aryna Sabalenka after the Belarusian won the US Open and Australian Open.

During Swiatek’s absence from the WTA Tour in October, Aryna Sabalenka returned to the top of the rankings.

She claimed that this was because her team had changed, and although Wim Fissette had taken Tomasz Wiktorowski’s place as coach, the precise reason she missed the Asian swing has finally come to light.

When Iga Swiatek’s drug test came back positive, how did she respond?
When it was revealed in November that Iga Swiatek had tested positive for the cardiac drug trimetazidine, also known as TMZ, the tennis world was shocked.

She was suspended for one month, from September 12 to October 4, after failing an out-of-competition drug test in August.

In addition to missing the Korea Open, China Open, and Wuhan Open, she also lost the $158,944 in prize money she would have received for making it to the Cincinnati Open semifinals following her failed test.

Since learning of her failed drug test, Swiatek has spoken out about her feelings in an interview with Polish media source TVN24.