Iga Swiatek’s phone goes off during Italian Open QF vs Elena Rybakina

Iga Swiatek's loud phone ringing during her quarterfinal match at the Italian Open led to a funny interruption, but she eventually found it and gave it to her coaching staff.

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Alex Boyden
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Iga Swiatek’s loud phone ring during her quarterfinal match against Elena Rybakina at the Italian Open led to a funny interruption.

The arena was filled with the unique sound of a phone ringing during the first set of the match. Swiatek quickly identified the object as being her phone and hurriedly moved to her kit bags in an effort to hush it. The crowd laughed a little when the Pole tried her hardest to find her phone but couldn’t find it.
 When Swiatek finally found her phone, she immediately gave it to a member of her coaching staff.

As Swiatek was regrettably forced to retire due to a right thigh injury, Rybakina earned a place in the semifinals of the Italian WTA 1000 tournament. The World No. 1 retired at 2-6, 7-6(3), 2-2 to end the game.
After a difficult two hours and twenty minutes of play in the decisive set, Iga Swiatek approached the net to shake hands with Elena Rybakina as the scores remained locked at 2-2. With the victory, the Kazakh advances to her first WTA 1000 clay semifinal.

Iga Swiatek in 2023

Iga Swiatek

38 - 4win/loss

Hard
22-3
I Hard
2-0
Clay
14-1
Rank
1
High
1
22 year old
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W
AustraliaDohaIndian WellsMadridRome
SF
DubaiStuttgart
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At the moment ranked no.1, the Pole played her last match on the 17th of May when she had to retire when playing against world no.6 Elena Rybakina in the quarter and the scoreline was 2-6 7-6(3) 2-2 .

This year the Pole has an overall 28-6 win-loss record. Swiatek conquered 2 titles in 2023 in Doha and Stuttgart. Iga was the runner-up in Dubai and Madrid.

Swiatek
Rome
Swiatek's Record

Rybakina in Rome, ranking, and results in 2023

Elena Rybakina

30 - 5win/loss

Hard
22-4
Clay
8-1
Rank
4
High
3
24 year old
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BrisbaneAbu DhabiStuttgart
F
DohaMiami
SF
Madrid
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Currently the world no.6 (career-high), Elena has managed to achieve an overall 28-7 match record in 2023. The Kazakhstani is currently having a run in Rome where she ousted the world no.65 Jasmine Paolini 7-64 6-1, the world no.57 Anna Kalinskaya 4-3 ret., the world no.70 Marketa Vondrousova 6-3 6-3 and the world no.1 Iga Swiatek 2-6 7-63 2-2 ret..

Elena Rybakina will compete against the world no.20 Jelena Ostapenko in the semifinal. Their actual record is 2-1 for Ostapenko.

Elena has won 1 title in 2023 in Indian Wells. Elena was the runner-up at the Australian Open and in Miami (Miami Open).

The Kazakhstani won 4 titles in her career: 2 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)

Rybakina
Rome
Rybakina 's Record
Rybakina
Projected
Draw

Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina played each other 4 times. Their actual head to head record is 3-1 for Rybakina . Previously, the last time they locked horns, Elena Rybakina won 2-6 7-6(3) 2-2 ret. in the quarter in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 17th of May 2023.