{"id":1818334,"date":"2026-03-10T17:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1818334"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:15:16","slug":"iga-swiatek-hails-amazing-next-indian-wells-opponent-as-roger-federer-of-womens-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1818334","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek hails &#8216;amazing&#8217; next Indian Wells opponent as &#8216;Roger Federer of women&#8217;s tennis&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Iga Swiatek hails \u2018amazing\u2019 next Indian Wells opponent as \u2018Roger Federer of women\u2019s tennis\u2019<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/ewan-west\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Ewan West                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"10 Mar 2026 5:15 PM\" data-ps-date=\"10 Mar 2026 5:15 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1773162916\"><br \/>\n                            10 Mar 2026 5:15 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/common\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred 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object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iga-Swiatek-Karolina-Muchova-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Iga Swiatek and Karolina Muchova\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Iga Swiatek with Karolina Muchova inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Iga Swiatek has described Karolina Muchova as an \u201camazing player\u201d and compared the Czech star to Roger Federer ahead of the pair\u2019s showdown at the 2026 Indian Wells Open.<\/p>\n<p>World No 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/iga-swiatek\">Swiatek<\/a> will face 13th-ranked Muchova in the fourth round at the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Swiatek is seeking her third Indian Wells crown after triumphs in 2022 and 2024, while Muchova is vying for her second WTA 1000 crown after securing her maiden trophy at this level of event in Doha last month.<\/p>\n<p>Both players earned convincing third round victories at Tennis Paradise on Monday, with Swiatek downing Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-2 and Muchova crushing Antonia Ruzic 6-0, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Swiatek leads the head-to-head 4-1 having won the pair\u2019s last four matches after Muchova won their first-ever encounter in Prague in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In her press conference after reaching the last 16, Swiatek was asked about the success she has had against Muchova and what she expects from the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, the way you started that question, I don\u2019t want to expect that, because yes, like the head-to-head might be to my side, but I can remember all these matches I played against her, sometimes I was down, like, break in third, you know,\u201d said the 24-year-old Pole.<\/p>\n<h2>Indian Wells News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/indian-wells-open-mirra-andreeva-makes-not-really-proud-admission-swear-spectators\"><strong>Indian Wells Open: Mirra Andreeva makes \u2018not really proud\u2019 admission after appearing to swear at spectators<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/everything-alex-eala-said-press-conference-indian-wells-coco-gauff-retirement-win\"><strong>Indian Wells Open: Everything Alex Eala said in her press conference after Coco Gauff retirement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s an amazing player, and most of the times we played really tight matches. It\u2019s going to be tough, and I\u2019m ready for the battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I love playing against her. I also love watching Karolina. Yeah, it\u2019s just nice to see someone who plays so smart and so smooth. She\u2019s like women\u2019s Roger [Federer].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The six-time Grand Slam champion also spoke about her decision to skip the Dubai WTA 1000 ahead of Indian Wells.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it\u2019s not like I played Indian Wells bad before (smiling). I think it\u2019s just different planning, but both work,\u201d Swiatek said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, 2022 I missed Madrid, but then I always played it. So I think we need to sometimes react to what we need at this particular moment, regardless of the past results or the history of some tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, yeah, I felt like I needed some time on the practice court also. Remember that Australia was pushed, so we got one week less between the tournaments to practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I felt like I could do this grind and really, like, solid work training block in Warsaw. It\u2019s always helpful, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/wta-miami-open-entry-list-2026\">WTA Miami Open 2026 Entry List: Sabalenka, Swiatek, Rybakina, Gauff star; will Eala &amp; Raducanu be seeded?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iga Swiatek hails \u2018amazing\u2019 next Indian Wells opponent as \u2018Roger Federer of women\u2019s tennis\u2019 Ewan West 10 Mar 2026 5:15 PM Iga Swiatek with Karolina Muchova inset Iga Swiatek has described Karolina Muchova as an \u201camazing player\u201d and compared the Czech star to Roger Federer ahead of the pair\u2019s showdown at the 2026 Indian Wells [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1818334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1818334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1818334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1818334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1818334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}