A talented Polish woman will join Iga Świątek? US Open is one step!
Sweet and bitter news from the US Open courts for Polish fans. Two Polish women dropped out, but Linda Klimovicova is one step away from the main tournament in New York.
In the first round of the fight for the US Open, the most experienced of Polish tennis players in qualifying, i.e. Katarzyna Kawa. One meeting was won by Maja Chwalińska, eventually saying goodbye to the second round. And the youngest of this trio, Linda Klimovicova has just advanced to the last, third phase of the game for the main ladder.
Linda Klimovicova one step away from the US Open. Who is a talented Polish woman?
Where did the idea to make Czech talent play for Poland? Klimovicova comes from Olomouc and is 20 years old. Her father is Czech and her mother comes from Poland. Since 2020, the coach Jaroslav Machovsky has been operating in the Polish area, specifically in Bielsko-Biała. Working at the BKT Advantage club, he first dealt with, among others Klimovicova convinced the training of the mentioned Chwalińska, and then convinced.
The loudest about Klimovicova got when you reached the junior semi -final Wimbledon. It was 2022. And in October, only two years later, a tennis player was informed about the receipt of Polish citizenship.
The Czechs did not make their player any procedural problems, looking at the tennis federation. And they could. But indeed, taking into account all circumstances – including the functioning of the player herself in Poland – this movement seemed completely natural.
In New York, Klimovicova will play with Latvian in the final. She is currently a competitor from position 116 in the WTA ranking. The Polish woman occupies 188th place. He will play for the promotion of Klimovicova on Friday (i.e. August 22), not before 20:00 Polish time.
US Open 2025: Where and when to watch the Big Slam tournament?
From Monday (i.e. August 18) at the Flushing Meadows courts, the competition in qualifying for the US Open 2025 main tournament began. The right to play without the elimination part in the case of Polish women have: Iga Świątek, Magda Linette and Magdalena Fręch.
On the side of the men, only one Pole will appear due to Hubert Hurkacz’s injury. It will be Kamil Majchrzak, who reached the fourth round in a recent Wimbledon. Interestingly, a tennis player coming from Piotrków Trybunalski in 2013 won the Grand Slam US Open in double boys’ game.
The US Open Singla Tournament starts on Sunday, August 24 and will last until September 7. All matches at the courts in New York can be watched on Eurosport antennas and via the HBO Max platform.
