An injury permanently removes Swiatek from the WTA Finals: “After careful review, I have decided to withdraw from the tournament. I have been experiencing an ongoing problem with my left thigh for the past few weeks and I feel that giving myself the time to rest and recover is the right decision.”

The WTA Finals 2026 They will have a very notable absence. Iga Swiatek will not be among the eight masters of women’s tennis world championship for the first time since 2021, after a very discreet season that ended in the worst way.

The Pole, world number 9, needed to put in a great performance in the two tournaments that close this October, Ningbo and Tokyo, something that will no longer be possible.

The reason is none other than an untimely injury that has forced him to withdraw from Ningbowhere he started as second seed.

“After careful review, I have decided to withdraw from the tournament. I have been experiencing an ongoing problem with my left thigh for the past few weeks and I feel that giving myself time to rest and recover is the right decision,” lamented the former world number 1.

So, your options are reduced to go to the tournament, which this year will be held in Indian Wells from November 8 to 15, as a substitute and wait for there to be some last-minute loss.

The last year in which Iga Swiatek failed to qualify in the top eight was in 2019when he was barely 18 years old. Already in 2020 she managed to get into the positions of honor, but that year the teachers’ tournament was not held due to the pandemic.