Swiatek, the phone rings on the pitch during the match: “Sorry, I’m turning it off” – Corriere.it

The adventure at the Internationals of Italy by Iga Swiatekthe number one in the world, is finished with a thigh injury after midnight, in the third set of the quarterfinal against Kazakh Elena Rybakina. The match, however, had begun with a curious episode: during the first game, in the silence of the Central, a telephone rang. Usually, and it happened, it is the most inattentive spectators who don’t turn off the ringtone that would disturb the players on the field; this time, however, the sound came straight from Iga’s bagwho rushed – even rather embarrassed – to retrieve the phone in her bag, after the chair umpire himself had reminded the spectators to prevent the thing from happening again.

In amazement, but also in laughter, general, Swiatek then handed the phone into the hands of Sergio Palmieri, who in turn entrusted him to the Polish box, who then won the first set and lost the second. In the third, however, a stretch on the right side of the field caused an unnatural movement. Initially we thought of a knee problem then, after a few points, there was the decision – due to a muscle problem – to abandon the match, handing the victory to Rybakina, who will face Jelena Ostapenko in the semifinals. Across the board, facing Haddad Maia and Kudermetova.