Iga Swiatek Faces Australian Open Fans’ Wrath With Her Bizarre “Warmup” Act Mid-Match Against Madison Keys
Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek have a lot of things in common. Firstly, they are both multiple Grand Slam winners and secondly, both of them have a unique ability to find controversies out of nowhere. For example, just a few days ago we saw some of the tennis commentators mocking the Serb during his QF match against Carlos Alcaraz for using some tactics to break the Spaniard’s momentum in the match. Now, Iga Swiatek’s bizarre tactics during her match against Madison Key get severely criticized. What really happened, though?
Well, in Novak Djokovic’s case, we saw him taking a medical timeout at 4-5 in the first set and then we saw what happened in the next three sets. The Serb defeated the Spaniard by 4-6,6-4,6-3,6-4 to book a place in the SF. After seeing this we saw American tennis legend, John McEnroe suggesting that he thinks Djokovic faked an injury as a tactic during his QF match against Alcaraz. Previously, we’ve seen several tennis stars implementing multiple tactics to turn things around in their matches. Did Iga Swiatek try out anything similar against Madison Keys?
Well, interestingly, Iga Swiatek was seen practicing her warmup just before Madison Keys was about to serve. The incident took place right at the start of the third set. At that, things were well poised at 1-1 with Swiatek taking the first set by 7-5 and Keys taking the second one quite comprehensively by 6-1. After seeing this epic moment, some of the fans have come out in numbers to take a jibe at the Pole. Was it a tactic to stop Madison Keys rushing into the third set with all that winning moment from the second set? We don’t know, but some of the fans took a jibe at Iga Swiatek by saying, “HAVE SOME SHAME.”
Did that epic moment make any impact on the result of the match though? Well, unlike Novak Djokovic’s ‘tactics’, the Pole’s bizarre mid-match act didn’t help her pull things back on track in the next set. Reason? Well, Madison Keys has stunned the five-time Grand Slam champion in the SF of the 2025 AO. She defeated Iga Swiatek by 5-7,6-1,7-6(8) in this thrilling encounter at the Rod Laver Arena. This will be her first appearance at the final of the AO, while it will be her second overall Grand Slam final. So, this little controversial moment didn’t make much impact on this match, but still, fans have come out in numbers to showcase anger towards Iga Swiatek for that act.
