"She forgot to congratulate the actual winner" - Fans question Chris Evert's reaction to Iga Swiatek winning San Diego

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek continued her terrific run of form on Sunday as she beat Donna Vekic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, to lift the San Diego Open title, her eighth this year. The win over Vekic was Swiatek's 64th of the season, the highest in a single year on tour since 2016.While many players, past and present, have lauded Swiatek's performance, tennis great Chris Evert congratulated Vekic on Twitter but didn't mention Swiatek at all.In response, one user sarcastically claimed that Evert &quot;forgot&quot; to congratulate the winner.&quot;She forgot to congratulate the actual winner!&quot; they tweeted.JAZDA1GAPodcast@jazdaigapodcast@scoopmalinowski @NotKateSharma @pavyg @Joao___Azevedo She forgot to congratulate the actual winner! twitter.com/ChrissieEvert/…Chris Evert@ChrissieEvertCongratulations to @DonnaVekic She was onlast week with consecutive wins over top players. So great to see her hard work paying off..56312Congratulations to @DonnaVekic She was on🔥🔥🔥last week with consecutive wins over top players. So great to see her hard work paying off..👏👏👏👏👍👍👍@scoopmalinowski @NotKateSharma @pavyg @Joao___Azevedo She forgot to congratulate the actual winner! twitter.com/ChrissieEvert/…Another bemused fan asked if Vekic had won the third set of the final 6-0.&quot;And that made her won and got the 6-0 on the 3rd set?&quot; they tweeted.thatgogetter360@thatgogetter360@pointsintheair And that made her won and got the 6-0 on the 3rd set?13@pointsintheair And that made her won and got the 6-0 on the 3rd set?The sarcastic digs kept coming, with another fan congratulating Vekic and &quot;that other player nobody cares about.&quot;&quot;Congratulations to Donna for an amazing fight oh and also to that other player nobody cares about,&quot; they wrote.1GA daily@Iza17826940@ChrissieEvert Congratulations to Donna for an amazing fight 🥰 oh and also to that other player nobody cares about 341@ChrissieEvert Congratulations to Donna for an amazing fight 🥰 oh and also to that other player nobody cares about 😉One user opined that Evert couldn't possibly praise somebody who might one day beat her Roland Garros record (Evert won the French Open seven times).&quot;How can she congrats someone who can beat her all time RG record,&quot; they tweeted.Obi Wan Kenobi@k_lb_k@ChrissieEvert @DonnaVekic How can she congrats someone who can beat her all time RG record 🤣3@ChrissieEvert @DonnaVekic How can she congrats someone who can beat her all time RG record 🤣Below are a few more reactions:Bartłomiej Wasilewski@bart_wasilewski@ChrissieEvert @DonnaVekic And of course Chris evert doesn't congratulate Iga. No class...5@ChrissieEvert @DonnaVekic And of course Chris evert doesn't congratulate Iga. No class...Peter Paw@Pawm32@ChrissieEvert @DonnaVekic What was the name I mean a girl who won?6@ChrissieEvert @DonnaVekic What was the name I mean a girl who won?Francesco@01fmz@ChrissieEvert @DonnaVekic All those congratulations for someone who lost to a ‘not dominant’ number 1 you don’t even bother mentioning?5@ChrissieEvert @DonnaVekic All those congratulations for someone who lost to a ‘not dominant’ number 1 you don’t even bother mentioning?Agnes Runs 😷@AggieRuns@ChrissieEvert @DonnaVekic Congrats to Iga too (and yes, Donna played great this week) 3@ChrissieEvert @DonnaVekic Congrats to Iga too (and yes, Donna played great this week) 😀🎾🎾&quot;The key for sure was adjusting and focusing on the right things&quot; - Iga SwiatekIga Swiatek at the San Diego Open - Day 7Following her win at the San Diego Open on Sunday, Iga Swiatek gave a brief interview to the WTA.Discussing her victory, the World No. 1 said that &quot;focusing on the right things&quot; helped her win the title. She went on to assert that she was proud of her problem-solving ability during close matches.&quot;The key for sure was adjusting and focusing on the right things because I felt I had some obstacles to face, but at the same time I didn't want to waste energy over-analyzing that,&quot; Swiatek said. &quot;I felt better day by day and I feel like I used that yesterday against Jessie [Pegula] and [Sunday].&quot; &quot;I problem-solved again, so I'm really proud of that because I feel like these were tight matches and in the end I had this idea that I could do it differently and it worked,&quot; she added.

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