Indian Wells brings Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek different tennis challenges
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, Indian Wells dominated the tennis world, with 2024 champions Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek suffering similar fates but contrasting futures. Elsewhere, there was a top-10 reshuffle on the ATP Tour, three American women lining up in the WTA Tour top five and some retirees getting a nice new tournament. A tale of two defending champions? Alcaraz and Swiatek arrived
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Iga Swiatek responds after criticism of Indian Wells behavior: ‘My career was hanging by a thread’
Iga Swiatek has issued a statement detailing the impact of her positive doping test on her status at the top of women’s tennis, saying that she spent “three weeks crying daily.” That was before the weight of its influence on her quest to regain the No. 1 ranking affected her on-court demeanor and, she said, “struck hard” at the WTA 1,000 tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she lost to eventual champion Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals. Swiatek, the world No. 2, discussed its impa
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Jack Draper: From cover of Vogue to Britain’s biggest tennis star since Andy Murray
