IGA SWIATEK brushed off a bizarre joke from an interviewer following her Cincinnati Open semi-final success.

Swiatek, 24, beat Elena Rybakina in straight sets to reach the Cincinnati Open final where she will face Jasmine Paolini.

After the match Swiatek was being interviewed on-court about progressing to the final when she halted the chat after she thought she could hear thunder in the distance, spelling trouble for potential rain ahead of the final.

Breaking off mid-answer she said: "Wait... rain?"

Bizarrely the interviewer, who one can only assume thought Swiatek had felt a droplet of rain, joked: "No, no. It was probably me spitting on you when I'm asking you a question."

The unusual moment was met with brief laughter from the crowd in the stands at P&G centre court.

But Swiat

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