Andy Murray won't be playing with Iga Swiatek in the mixed doubles at the US Open after the Polish star politely declined the chance to team up.
Murray was recently asked which female player he would like to grace the court with.
And he responded by name-checking Swiatek, who has won four Grand Slam titles throughout her career so far.
However, while flattered by Murray's comments, the 22-year-old has now insisted that won't be happening because she's happy with just playing singles matches for the time being.
Iga Swiatek won't be playing with Andy Murray at the US Open
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"I love that he said that," she said after her recent win over Daria Saville.
“It’s a dream come true.
"I watched Andy when I was younger. He always had such a good game and is such a cool person as well. Really humble and down to earth.
"So I'm happy he said that. I wish I could play mixed doubles. For me, singles is enough, especially with such an intense and long season.
“I'll just focus on singles but I think Andy will forgive me.”
Swiatek believes she'll need to improve her game if she's to win the US Open this year, insisting there's still plenty of room for improvement.
“I’m just happy to be in the third round," continued the youngster.
"For sure I want to improve some stuff, because I did some unforced errors.
"You know, it’s just the beginning of the tournament, so for sure I work on some stuff.
“For sure I wanted to be intensive, and mostly I was in charge of what I’m going to kind of play, because I was the one that was attacking.
“I made some mistakes because you need to, you know, risk a little bit more. But, yeah, for sure, it wasn’t easy. She was using most of my power to get these balls back.
“So yeah, I’m just happy at the end I was the one that won.”
And Swiatek also acknowledged she sometimes finds it hard to control her emotions on the court, too.
“I think, you know, the worst emotion you can feel in sport is shame when you play bad and you know that all these people are watching,” she stated.
“So this is something that I think, you know, this is the hardest thing. I felt that, you know, couple of times in my career. It wasn’t easy.
“For sure, you know, there are positive and negative emotions. Usually it’s harder to handle the negative ones. Yeah, it’s not easy. It’s part of the job to kind of just accept that you’re going to be watched and kind of not care about that.
“But on the other hand, work on being able to control your emotions and what you do on the court.
“I’m also working on that, and I made huge progress since couple of years ago.
“I don’t remember last time I broke a racket or, I don’t know, had, like, a burst of emotions, you know. Usually obviously there is something, because I am emotional and this is, like, a stressful job with a lot of tension and adrenaline.
“But still, I’m happy with how I’m managing that.”
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