Madrid Open: Aryna Sabalenka Faces Huge Flak as Iga Swiatek Breaking Character With a Brutal Shade Erupts Tennis Fans

Belarusian WTA star Aryna Sabalenka hasn’t been someone who just keeps her opinions to herself. She has been quite vocal about her thoughts on sports and recently, her comments on women’s tennis had gone viral for all the wrong reasons. During the pre-tournament press conference at the Madrid Open, Sabalenka boldly told the media that she preferred to watch men’s tennis over women’s because the former is “more interesting to watch.” 

Naturally, this comment received huge uproar from WTA fans on the internet who claimed that she was doing women’s tennis more harm with such statements. As Madrid Open progressed, Sabalenka made it to the final and in what can be considered an ironic closure to her comments, she was involved in an epic match of sorts against Iga Swiatek in a final that lasted for more than 3 hours.

In the end, it was Iga Swiatek who prevailed against Aryna in the match tie-break. During the post-match interview on-court, Swiatek minced no words as she appeared to have taken a dig at Sabalenka’s words at the WTA.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

“Who’s going to say now that women’s tennis is boring right?”, Iga told with a straight face. The World no.1 is surely not wrong as the battle between her and Sabalenka will surely be ranked amongst the top matches so far this year. Also, in the context of men’s final tomorrow, this battle between two WTA stalwarts turned exciting.

Tennis fans go gaga over Iga Swiatek’s Apparent Shade at Aryna Sabalenka after Madrid Open final

For the unknown, Felix Auger-Aliassime will battle against Andrey Rublev to clinch the title in Madrid. The men’s section in Madrid was marred by injuries and withdrawals from top ATP stars and it remains to be seen if the attention from fans will sustain tomorrow as Rublev and Felix take to the Manolo Santana stadium.

Coming back to Swiatek’s comments, fans are surely of the opinion that it was indeed a dig at what Sabalenka said. One fan wrote, “Beating Sab twice in one day”, in response to Swiatek’s words. Another one wrote, “We stan a shady queen”. While more reactions revolved around Swiatek’s apparent shade, one fan also made sure to drop the “Queen” tag on Iga by writing, “She is the moment and she is a Queen”.