By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday August 16, 2024
Iga Swiatek had a meeting with two of tennis’ biggest stars at the Cincinnati Open.
The five-time Grand Slam champion posed for this photo with tennis power couple Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, calling herself the “random girl” who just snapped a photo. Far from being a fluke, Swiatek is already more than halfway to matching Agassi’s grand slam total of eight, although he will have to work for a while if he wants to catch up to Graf’s 22 times, which is the only Golden Slam winner in tennis history, and a 22-time major champion.
Look at this. Just two legends and a random girl in between. Kind of amazing. 😍 pic.twitter.com/h9BCQBgnlx
— Iga Światek (@iga_swiatek) August 15, 2024
Swiatek is closing in on Graf in Paris, where the German legend won six of her 22 Slams. Iga has four of them and became the only woman in history to win four Roland-Garros titles before turning 25 this year in Paris.
When asked to name three people she would like to go to dinner with, Swiatek named Graf as one of them.
Polaja said he would like to learn more about the mental side of the game from the legend Graf.
“It’s hard for me to compare our styles,” she said. “Obviously we’re playing in different times of tennis. It’s kind of hard to find the same things, especially with her chance, her volley and me not being able to play things like that. So it’s more about the mentality.”
Swiatek is in the quarterfinals in Cincinnati – she will face Mirra Andreeva on Saturday.
