Iga Swiatek partnered with Casper Ruud in the US Open mixed doubles event held days before the singles. They beat American pair Frances Tiafoe and Madison Keys 2-0, then defeated Lorenzo Musetti and Catherine McNally 2-0 to progress. Ruud praised Swiatek's Wimbledon win on social media and emphasized strong on-court chemistry between them. He said Swiatek handles men's balls exceptionally, can return men's serves from the baseline, rally with anyone, and that those abilities formed their strongest sides. Ruud noted Swiatek did not withdraw after a final the day before and called her determination impressive.
I'm really impressed with Iga, the way she handles the men's balls especially, and she can return the guys' serve from the baseline, she can rally with anyone. That's both our strongest sides, and we play to the strongest sides of our game. We had good chemistry from the first point so I think that's also important in doubles. We won some really close games when we needed to and played some good tennis.
She got to bed 12 hours ago in her hotel in New York, she's here doing her warm-ups at 10am, I was in the gym working on my back swing and I was looking at Iga and I was like 'this is determination I've never seen before'. It was really impressive for me to see and I am really happy she wanted to play. Just really proud of today's wins, and Iga will have a good night's sleep, and she deserves that.
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