Guga sees Bia Haddad’s game, praised by Iga Swiatek – 06/08/2023 – Sport

The victory of the Polish Iga Swiatek by 2 sets to 0 (6/2 and 7/6) over the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, on Saturday afternoon (8), at the French Open, was accompanied by Gustavo Kuerten on the Philippe-Chatrier court , where he lived the greatest moments of his career.

The 46-year-old former player had fun with the public, who re-edited the old “olê, olê, hello, Guga, Guga”, changing the name of the Santa Catarina native for “Bia, Bia”.

“I was in doubt if they were shouting Bia or Iga”, joked Swiatek, who saluted the also noisy Poles and celebrated his toughest victory so far in the championship. No opponent has won more than four games in a set against the world number one in the current contest at Roland Garros.

“She uses the fact that she is left-handed to create problems. She has a good game for the clay court, she used top spin a lot. It was not easy. She is a fighter, she showed that throughout the tournament. So I knew I would need to be ready,” declared Iga.

The Pole now prepares to defend her French Open title in Saturday’s final against the surprising Karolína Muchová. Regardless of the result, thanks to the triumph over Bia, she will remain at the top of the ranking.