Tennis star Iga Swiatek has withdrawn from the upcoming Billie Jean King Cup, and blasted the tennis schedule in the process. The world number one was set to represent her country of Poland in the finals on November 8 in Glasgow.
But with the WTA Finals concluding across the Atlantic in Texas just 24 hours earlier, the 21-year-old was forced to choose one of the events. She opted for the season-ending championships, though she felt "sad" to miss an event and slammed the schedule as ‘unsafe’.
"I'm disappointed that tennis governing bodies didn't come to an agreement on something as basic as the calendar of tournaments, giving us only one day to travel through the globe and changing the time zone," Swiatek said in a post on Instagram. "The situation is not safe for our health and could cause injury.”
