World No. 1 Iga Swiatek Withdraws From Miami Open

Iga Swiatek’s Miami reign is finished.

World No. 1 Swiatek formally withdrew from the Miami Open at the moment citing a rib harm she aggravated in Indian Wells.

The Miami Open has scheduled a midday presser with Swiatek to debate her withdrawal.

Swiatek stated in a press release posted on social media an an infection she suffered in Doha final month triggered a persistent cough that created the rib difficulty. 

The reigning US Open champion additionally withdrew from upcoming Billie Jean King Cup competitors.

“Sadly, I’m nonetheless feeling quite a lot of discomfort and ache and I can’t compete,” Swiatek stated. “I must take a break to get better and I’ve to tug out of the Miami Open and Billie Jean King Cup.

“I’ll maintain you up to date about the place I play subsequent as a result of it relies on the method of recovering and the advice of my medical crew.”

🎾 It was a really troublesome determination to make however I’ve no doubts that well being is a very powerful. ⤵️

🎾 To była naprawdę bardzo trudna decyzja, ale nie mam wątpliwości, że zdrowie jest absolutnie najważniejsze. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/HjBqrANmy0

— Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) March 22, 2023

The withdrawal is just not a shock as Swiatek stated she was unsure of her Miami Open standing following her BNP Paribas Open semifinal loss to Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina.

The highest-seeded Swiatek revealed the rib difficulty after her 6-2, 6-2 loss to Rybakina final week. 

“I’m additionally like not feeling one hundred pc bodily,” Swiatek stated. “I’ve slightly like discomfort in my rib, and we’re going to seek the advice of with medical crew. For certain I’m gonna use lately off earlier than Miami, so truly I’ve another day.”

Requested to elaborate on the harm in Indian Wells, Swiatek advised the media she wasn’t certain of the severity.

“By way of the rib, we’ll see, as a result of I nonetheless must run some checks and see what’s occurring. I don’t know but,” she stated.

A 12 months in the past, Swiatek swept the Sunshine Double defeating Maria Sakkari within the Indian Wells ultimate.

Swiatek stormed by seven straight video games pulverizing Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-0 to seize her first Miami Open championship, rating her seventeenth consecutive victory and full the Sunshine Double. The then 20-year-old Pole made historical past because the youngest play to comb the Sunshine Double in the identical season.