By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, Could 23, 2024 One is a lonely quantity.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek credit power in numbers—a robust assist system of family and friends—for her rise to the highest.
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The reigning Roland Garros champion made associates with a well-known face in Paris this week.
Mates fan Iga Swiatek joined forces with actress and Mates star Courtney Cox on stage and on courtroom for the launch of Past Quantity One, a brand new movie on her life and profession.
Past Quantity One is an eight-and-a-half-minute movie produced by On and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Jason Harper, that explores the complexity of being knowledgeable athlete. It showcases how four-time Grand Slam champion finds the power and drive to imagine in her goals by way of the assistance of all those that have been supporting the 22-year-old throughout her fast rise to the highest of the sport.
The brand new movie is a part of the Swiss sportswear model’s new sequence of brief movies titled “Dream Collectively.”
Swiatek and American Ben Shelton are outstanding On tennis ambassadors and former world No. 1 Roger Federer is a co-owner of On.
To have a good time the movie’s launch, On hosted a group occasion in partnership with the Ace Membership on the Centre Sportif Jean Dixmier in Paris.
Tennis followers, native gamers, and ambassadors got here collectively for a day of tennis on the Parisian clay courts and a shock go to from the queen of clay and star of the movie, Iga Świątek.
The most important shock was for Świątek herself: the Rome champion obtained assist from “Mates” actress and avid tennis participant Courtney Cox.
In 2022, “Mates”-fan Świątek had commented on a humorous reel exhibiting Cox at tennis coaching: “If we’d play doubles collectively, no-one would have hit you… simply saying.”
On helped flip that concept right into a actuality in Paris.
After presenting the brief movie in an unique preview for current tennis lovers, group members, and the media, Iga and Courteney chatted throughout a Q&A session.
Afterward, and to the delight of greater than 50 visitors, new associates took to the courtroom for a brief match earlier than Świątek spent a while enjoying with group members as nicely.
A movie crew adopted Iga world wide, from Palm Springs, California, to her hometown of Warsaw in Poland, fo achieve perception on the shut bond between Iga and her devoted crew, comprised of sports activities psychologist Daria Abramowicz, tennis coach Tomasz Wiktorowski, and power and conditioning coach and physiotherapist Maciej Ryszczuk.
The brief movie portrays Iga as an athlete and younger lady who displays on the triumphs, pressures, and expectations that include being the world’s primary participant.
This is a take a look at the movie:
“I’d prefer to encourage the youthful era to imagine in themselves and of their goals whereas additionally accepting defeats and vulnerability as a part of the method,” Świątek says. “Making “Past Quantity One” provided me the prospect to talk about this subject and provide followers a deeper perception into my journey up to now. It was an important expertise for me and likewise for my whole crew, who I beloved having with me on this venture.”
The Swiss model plans two subsequent episodes centering on operating stars and On athletes Dominic Lobalu, Sintayehu Vissa, and Hellen Obiri to be launched all through the summer season.
On says its “Dream Collectively sequence showcases the inspiring lives, struggles, and paths of those athletes on their method to the largest levels in sport. The sequence explores the unifying energy of ambition and unwavering assist that has helped every of the athletes in numerous methods on their journey to turning into elite of their area.”
Photograph credit score: On
