Iga Sviatek started his Indian Wells title defense campaign by practicing… soccer. The WTA leader wasn’t the only one to relax like this, Ons Jaber and Belinda Bencic were caught in similar poses at the California complex.

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Iga Sviatek is free in the first round of Indian Wells and will then face the winner of the match between Claire Liu (56 WTA) and Alison Van Uytvanck (85 WTA).

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Iga Svyatek, the leader of the WTA, and football

The Pole made headlines with photos from the Indian Wells complex. He was both a goalkeeper and a striker at the same time, and what he showed on the “grass” even impressed the player of “Barcelona” Robert Lewandowski.

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