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Swiatek happy to swap noisy Ashe spotlight for intimate Grandstand

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Newswire Named sources Outcome reported
  • Iga Swiatek said she preferred the more intimate Grandstand after beating Marie Bouzkova in straight-set tiebreaks at the U.S. Open.
  • Swiatek described Arthur Ashe Stadium as exciting but sometimes excessively loud, while Flavio Cobolli said the tournament’s noise levels differ sharply from normal tour conditions.
  • Cobolli lost to Belgium’s Alexander Blockx in four sets but said noise was not the reason for his defeat.

Iga Swiatek had no regrets about leaving the U.S. Open’s vast Arthur Ashe Stadium for the smaller Grandstand, where she beat Marie Bouzkova 7-6(3) 7-6(3) in the third round.

Arthur Ashe Stadium holds nearly 24,000 spectators and serves as the tournament’s main stage. The Grandstand, by contrast, accommodates just over 8,000 fans. Swiatek said the smaller venue felt more natural.

Well, Ashe is really alive. Sometimes too much, I’d say.

· Iga SwiatekSwiatek described the atmosphere at Arthur Ashe Stadium after choosing the smaller Grandstand for her third-round match.

“Well, Ashe is really alive. Sometimes too much, I’d say,” Swiatek told reporters. “This court is nice. Honestly, I don’t see any negatives about it. It has fewer screens. It’s smaller in a way that’s more normal, I would say, because Ashe is huge.”

This court is nice. Honestly, I don’t see any negatives about it.

· Iga SwiatekShe said she was comfortable playing in the Grandstand, which has fewer spectators and screens than Ashe Stadium.

Swiatek was not the only player to comment on the noise at Flushing Meadows. Italy’s fifth seed Flavio Cobolli said after losing 6-7(4) 6-3 6-0 6-3 to Belgium’s Alexander Blockx on Louis Armstrong Stadium that the atmosphere was unusually loud compared with ordinary tour events.

“I said the first day, we always play with the silence,” Cobolli said. “Here it’s really different. We have a great atmosphere, but it’s very, very loud. For us, it’s very tough to play.” He added that noise did not cause his defeat.

Here it’s really different. We have a great atmosphere, but it’s very, very loud. For us, it’s very tough to play.

· Flavio CobolliCobolli discussed the unusual noise levels at the U.S. Open after his loss to Alexander Blockx.
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