MOSCOW, October 26 The first racket of Russia Lyudmila Samsonova said, that he considers the Polish player Iga Szwiatek to be the best tennis player in the world at the moment.
According to Samsonova, after their match in the final of the tournament in Beijing, which the Russian lost with a score of 2:6, 2:6, Szwiatek came up to her, said words of support and was very nice. Previously, the Polish woman had repeatedly spoken out against the admission of Russian tennis players to international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine.
«»The best tennis player in the world for me is Iga, 100%. I feel like she is a real number 1. We were talking after the final in Beijing, she came up to me and was very nice during the ceremony. She said something like, “I know that sometimes it’s hard.” When I began to get to know her better, I felt something special about her,” Samsonova was quoted as saying by Sportskeeda.