Iga Sviatek was injured and stopped in the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome, while the world number one also had an awkward moment during her match against Elena Rybakina.

Iga Svyatek was embarrassed after her phone rang during the match against Olena Rybakina

In the first part of the game, with the score 40-40, the phone started ringing, and the referee asked to turn it off.

Confused, Iga realized that it was her mobile phone, took it out of her bag with difficulty and asked the people in her house to take care of the call.

Iga Sviatek was injured in Rome – reasons for concern before Roland Garros

The Polish athlete won the first part of her match against Elena Rybakina 6-2 and led 4-2 in the second set, but her game began to creak and the reigning Wimbledon champion took the match to a decider, winning in a tiebreak (7 -3).

With the score 2-2 in the third set, the leader of the world ranking announced that he could not continue the game. She attributed it to pain in her right hip and did not want to risk a more serious injury before Roland Garros (May 28-June 11).

Iga Svyatek’s refusal from Poland took place after two hours and 18 minutes of play.

Know:

• This is the third consecutive victory of Elena Rybakina in official matches against Iga Svyatek. In the first meeting, the Pole won.

• Elena Rybakina (favorite 7) will play in the semifinals at the Foro Italico against the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (20 WTA, Roland Garros-2017 champion).

WTA Rome, semifinals schedule

Olena Rybakina (7) – Olena Ostapenko (20)

Veronika Kudermetova (11) – Angelina Kalinina (30).

WTA Rome takes place from May 9 to 20 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. His total prize money is $3,572,618 and is in the “WTA 1000” category. Iga Svyatek became the champion of the last two competitions.