Iga Swiatek exclusive: World No. 1 reluctant to entertain ‘bagel talk’ – ‘Leave that to Twitter or the media’

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek says she is reluctant to engage in talk over her remarkable bagel record, preferring to “leave it to Twitter and the media”.

It had initially looked like being a tricky afternoon for the Pole in Paris, as Bucsa stood break point up at 4-4 in the first set.

However Swiatek roared back and demolished her opponent thereafter, setting up a second round tie with American Claire Liu.

In an exclusive conversation with Eurosport, the Pole said: “I don’t really think about that [finishing sets 6-0].

“It’s more I feel the media is doing all that fuss about these results.

“It’s not easy to play these sets anyway, so I’m just trying to keep my focus on what the score is.

“With all my due respect to my opponents, I don’t feel like I should really talk about that kind of stuff, so I’ll leave it to Twitter or the media.”

Swiatek turns 22 on Wednesday, a milestone she has become accustomed to celebrating while competing at Roland-Garros.

Asked what she had planned, she replied: “Nothing special I guess, as I’m at the beginning of the tournament.

“Small things I would say, I hope I’m going to get some nice gifts and enjoy them.

“I don’t think we’ll do something crazy, social-wise I’m already charged up to the maximum level, so I think I’m going to be calm and just chill out tomorrow [Wednesday].”

Nor was she carrying any memories from previous years.

“Before my match I was mainly focussed on what I want to do on court, tactics-wise,” she said.

“I didn’t really come back to how I felt all these previous years, because I feel like a lot of time has passed since those tournaments, and this is a totally different story, a totally different journey.”

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