Iga Swiatek blanks when asked to sign camera lens after Australian Open matches

MELBOURNE, Australia—The post-match tradition of signing the camera lens has taken on a life of its own in recent years, with players deviating from the standard signature to scribbling inside jokes, messages of support, or even just a dot.

As the players get more creative, world No. 2 Iga Swiatek jokingly confessed she’s feeling the pressure to come up with something quippy to cap off her matches at the 2026 Australian Open:

Q. One of the weird parts of your job is at the end of your match when you win, someone gives you a pen and asks you to sign the camera. You hesitated today.

IGA SWIATEK: My mind is blank, every time.

Q. How hard is it to think about what to write there?

IGA SWIATEK: I think I need to think about it before and make a list just to have some nice jokes or phrases, because my mind is like, I have no thoughts.

After the match, like, I don't know, I'm thinking about the match, boring stuff, or thinking about the next one. I'm still thinking about tennis, so it's hard to suddenly switch and write something funny.

If someone is so witty, I have huge respect (smiling).

For what it’s worth, her message after dismissing home favorite Maddison Inglis to reach the quarterfinals was certainly helpful, the six-time Grand Slam champion encouraging fans to stay cool tomorrow as another heat wave approaches.

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