Iga Świątek, a finalist in this year’s tournament, introduced tennis fans to a beloved Polish dish — enter, makaron z truskawkami.
Athletes fuel themselves in many ways: Tom Brady has his TB12 method. Michael Phelps consumed about 10,000 calories daily while training. The WNBA star Caitlin Clark dreams of chicken Parmesan, pasta and chocolate milk after a game. But for one of tennis’s top-ranked athletes, her go-to is simple: strawberries and cream.
No, not the strawberries and cream long associated with Wimbledon, but strawberries and cream over — wait for it — pasta. According to the tennis star Iga Świątek, currently ranked No. 4 in the world in tennis and competing today in the Wimbledon semifinals, makaron z truskawkami, as the dish is called in her home country of Poland, is her go-to.
“I ate it as a kid,” she said in a post-match interview this week. “It’s pasta with strawberries — pasta, strawberries, a little bit of yogurt — it’s just great.” Her response was met with audible gasps and murmurs from the Wimbledon crowd. “How strange,” the interviewer mused.
@wimbledon Ever tried pasta with strawberries and yoghurt? Iga has 😅 #Wimbledon #tennis #IgaSwiatek ♬ original sound – wimbledon
