Iga Swiatek touches down in Spain for first ever Billie Jean King Cup Finals campaign after shock WTA Finals exit
Iga Swiatek has arrived in Malaga, Spain, to play her last tourmament of the 2024 season. The World No. 2 is set to represent Poland at the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals and aims to win the title for her nation for the first time ever.
Swiatek comes to Malaga after a disappointing campaign at the 2024 WTA Finals. The Pole was the defending champion at the year-end championship but bowed out of the tournament in the group stage itself. She defeated Barbora Krejcikova in a three-set thriller in her opening contest in Riyadh before losing to eventual champion Coco Gauff in straight sets.
In her final group stage match, Swiatek thwarted Daria Kasatkina but failed to qualify for the knockout stage due to an inferior sets won-lost ratio to Gauff. She took some time off after her exit at the WTA Finals, enjoying the tourist sites on offer in Saudi Arabia with her new coach, Wim Fisette, and performance physiologist, Daria Abramowicz.
Swiatek has now arrived in Spain to participate in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals, to be played from November 13 to 20, for the first time in her career. She landed in Malaga on November 10 and was greeted at the airport by Spanish tennis legend Conchita Martinez, the tournament director of the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup.
