While professional tennis flourished in the West after World War II, it was unable to flourish in Poland at all. In communist countries, professional sports were banned for ideological reasons. Tennis, even at amateur level, was marginalized and underfunded until the late 1980s.
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Iga Świątek only recently turned 24, yet for several years now she has been among the elite athletes in Poland. Her exceptional talent, combined with extraordinary diligence and humility, and professional coaching, has yielded astonishing results. Our most outstanding contemporary tennis player won Wimbledon this year.
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