Can “Woman’s Roger” stop Iga Swiatek? Three must-watch Indian Wells matchups
Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Muchova
Count Swiatek as a Muchova stan.
“Honestly, I love playing against her,” the Pole says of the Czech. “I also love watching Karolina. It’s just nice to see someone who plays so smart and so smooth. She’s like woman’s Roger [Federer]”
“Woman’s Roger” has been residing as much as that lofty nickname of late. Muchova is coming off a title run on the 1000 in Doha final month, and is driving an eight-match win streak. But as a lot as Iga loves her sport, she additionally is aware of find out how to counter it. Swiatek is 4-1 in opposition to Muchova, and hasn’t misplaced to her since 2019. When they performed on this spherical at Indian Wells a yr in the past, she gained 6-1, 6-1.
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Just do not inform Swiatek it is going to be that simple on Wednesday.
“The head-to-head might be to my side, but I can remember all these matches I played against her, sometimes I was down, like, break in third,” Swiatek says. “She’s an amazing player, and most of the times we played really tight matches.”
One of them occurred within the 2023 Roland Garros closing, which Swiatek gained 6-4 within the third.
