Iga Swiatek, a self-described “control freak,” is taking new precautions — including holding on to extra samples of medicine she takes, in case they need to be tested at some point — after a doping case she describes as probably the worst time in her life.

Iga Swiatek felt awkward as she served a one-month ban after it was accepted medication she was taking to combat jet lag was contaminated; watch all the action from the ATP and WTA Tours on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,

The world No. 2 tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine in August and was provisionally banned the following month. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Coco Gauff took to Australian Open press on Friday and was quizzed about Iga Swiatek and in particular whether she thinks that her confidence level has dropped since her doping ordeal which saw the former World No.

It is a topic that shadowed tennis in 2024 and is still a talking point as the 2025 Grand Slam season opens at the Australian Open on Sunday (Saturday EST): doping and the cases involving Jannik Sinner — which actually is still not fully resolved — and Iga Swiatek.

It is a topic that shadowed professional tennis in 2024 and is still a talking point with the 2025 Grand Slam season set to open this weekend.