Iga Swiatek delays interview for important US Open text

Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek delayed her post-match interview to send a text message to her coach after defeating Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6-3, 6-1, in the fourth round of the 2025 U.S. Open on Monday.

The No. 2-seeded Swiatek explained that she had asked her coach to book some time on the practice courts to prepare for her quarterfinals match against American Amanda Anisimova — who defeated Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia in the Round of 16 on Monday.

“Do you have any interest in telling us who that text message was going to?” the interviewer said after waiting for Swiatek to finish texting on the court at Louis Armstrong Stadium.

“Oh, uh, just my coach. I asked him to book like 10 minutes of the practice courts, if it’s possible,” Swiatek, 24, replied. 

Swiatek hired Wim Fissette, who played on the ITF Futures tour in 1999 and 2000, as her coach after parting ways with Tomasz Wiktorowski in October 2024.

The quarterfinal clash will be a rematch of the Wimbledon final earlier this summer, where Swiatek defeated Anisimova, 6-0, 6-0.

Swiatek added that she was happy with her own intensity and focus in her victory.

“At the beginning, I felt like, I don’t know, like she played really fast and also the court is a bit different, so I wanted to find my rhythm,” Swiatek said.

“But later on, I just felt like I’m really in my bubble and in the zone and sometimes I was making, like, risky decisions and I think I forced the ball kind of to go in. So, I’m just happy with the quality and with my serve, as well.”