Iga Swiatek skips ‘World Cup of tennis’ for third year in a row as reason explained
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek has decided against playing in a prestigious tennis tournament.
For the third year in a row, Iga Swiatek will not feature at the Billie Jean King Cup finals in Spain in November, having turned down the chance to represent Poland.
Instead, Polish captain Dawid Celt has Magdalena Frech, Magda Linette, Maja Chwalinska and Katarzyna Kawa to call upon, with plenty of big names in action despite Swiatek’s decision not to be involved.
Emma Navarro and Coco Gauff have also opted against representing Team USA, with Swiatek likely skipping the event as it falls too close to the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia.
Should Swiatek, a favourite for the season-ending competition, make it to the final in Riyadh on November 9, she would have a very short time to recover before competing for her country on November 13 against Spain.
