Iga świątek receives further security in Miami Open after the harassment during the tests
Iga świąk Further safety has been given to Miami Open After his team reported that a man had harassed her in a test session on Sunday, in an accident that a representative of świątek described as “a direct transition from verbal aggression online to harassment in the real world”.
Video movies published on Reddit and X świąk shows that exercise the tournament with Coach Wim Fixette And Daria Abramowicz, his sports psychologist. A male voice talks about the video in Polish. He says: “Hey Iga calls your mother”, followed by “Hey Iga, when will you pull with your mother?”
The speaker then focuses on Abramowicz, saying: “Daria runs with water like a trained dog”.
This translation was confirmed by two independent translators. The representative of świątek, who wrote Atletico Through text message, he also said that the person present in practice referred to the świątek family.
The person “shouted personal observations referring to his private life:” Hey Iga, call your mother! “” When will you reconcile with your mother? “The representative said.
“In his behavior he was aggressive and provocative.”
The parents of świąk divorced during his childhood, both with Iga and his sister, Agata, who live with their father.
The video movie published a Reddit Includes Screenshot from an X account with the username “Dzonnybravo”, which has been eliminated. A screenshot of a post of that username says that the person who uses the account will travel to Miami to ask świątek of his relationship with his mother. Another contains a fixed image that corresponds to the video video published on Reddit.
Atletico He contacted the owner of the account for a comment.
The Miami Open did not confirmed the nature of further security or how the man in question was addressed. A declaration sent to Atletico He said: “We take the safety of all players and participants in the tournament. We constantly evaluate any threats and take every measure to respond appropriately. To ensure the effectiveness of these efforts, we do not disclose the details of our safety operations”.
The WTA initially said that the accident was a question for the tournament, but then it released the following statement:
“The security of players is our maximum priority. WTA works closely with tournaments and their safety teams on best practices for international sporting events to ensure the safety and well -being of all participants. There are complete safety protocols to make sure that any accidents are promptly and effective.
“The details of these are not something we discuss publicly, but we are stopped in our commitment to maintain a safe environment for players and all those who participate in one of our events”.
Sunday’s accident took place just over a month later Emma Raducanu He was reduced to tears at the Dubai Open in February, when a man later said he was showing “fixed behaviors” against him appeared in a seat on the sidelines during his defeat in Karolina Muchova.
The man, who approached Raducanu the previous day and had given her a photo of herself with her name and contact details, was escorted by safety. Subsequently he was given a restrictive order, according to the authorities of Dubai, and prohibited participate in the events of the WTA tour.
Świątek faces Alexandra Eala In the quarterfinals of Miami Open Wednesday.
(Photo: Alberto E. Tamargo / Sipa USA)
