{"id":242541,"date":"2025-07-06T11:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/242541\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T11:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:20:13","slug":"tennis-star-iga-swiatek-stuns-fans-with-bizarre-twist-on-wimbledon-classic-strawberries-and-cream-snack-after-reaching-fourth-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/242541\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis star Iga Swiatek stuns fans with bizarre twist on Wimbledon classic strawberries and cream snack after reaching fourth round"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Swiatek advance following a 6-2 6-3 victory over the USA&#8217;s Danielle Collins<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The 23-year-old Polish star then posted a picture of the unusual dish\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-2961\/abdi-rashid.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABDI RASHID<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  19:00 EDT, 5 July 2025   |  Updated:  19:01 EDT, 5 July 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tennis star\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/iga-swiatek\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e262dbe0-59f3-11f0-b449-d7db25296d09\" rel=\"noopener\">Iga Swiatek<\/a> has surprised <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/wimbledon\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e33e95e0-59f3-11f0-b449-d7db25296d09\" rel=\"noopener\">Wimbledon<\/a> fans by sharing a photo on social media showing her unique twist on the classic strawberries and cream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 23-year-old Polish star posted a picture of the unusual dish, featuring pasta mixed with fresh strawberries and yogurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Swiatek explained: &#8216;Come on guyssss, this is a Polish speciality,&#8217; revealing the combination is a beloved traditional dish from her home country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The former world No1 had revealed that it was going to be her celebration meal after booking a place in the fourth round of the Championships following a 6-2 6-3 victory over the USA&#8217;s Danielle Collins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I have my favourite actually,&#8217; she said. &#8216;I ate it as a kid. It is pasta with strawberries.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;You should try it guys,&#8217; Swiatek continued. &#8216;Pasta with strawberries and a little bit of yoghurt. It is just great.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-846d435da7e01329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100043469-0-image-a-49_1751756036333.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Iga Swiatek has surprised Wimbledon fans by sharing a photo on social media showing her unique twist on the classic strawberries and cream\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Iga Swiatek has surprised Wimbledon fans by sharing a photo on social media showing her unique twist on the classic strawberries and cream<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7d73e146b5337687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100043083-0-image-a-46_1751754961510.jpg\" height=\"1100\" width=\"634\" alt=\"She posted a picture of the dish, featuring pasta mixed with fresh strawberries and yogurt\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">She posted a picture of the dish, featuring pasta mixed with fresh strawberries and yogurt<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-959048a6d125b1f8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/100043481-0-image-a-48_1751756019057.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Strawberries and cream have long been a beloved Wimbledon tradition\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Strawberries and cream have long been a beloved Wimbledon tradition<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Strawberries and cream have long been a beloved Wimbledon tradition, enjoyed by fans and players alike throughout the tournament. Millions of servings are consumed each year, making it an iconic part of the Wimbledon experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On her victory, Swiatek added: &#8216;I was just in the zone you know,&#8217; she told the BBC. &#8216;I knew what I wanted to play and I knew I needed to be brave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;You can&#8217;t let Danielle play her winners, you know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Yeah [I am learning to love grass courts], honestly it is much more fun this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I had some practices where the ball was listening to me which is pretty new on grass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I am just looking for that feeling during the match as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;For sure today was a good day, for sure it is giving me confidence and honestly, it is a new experience feeling good on grass.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Swiatek\u2019s best Wimbledon performance so far was reaching the quarter-finals in 2023, but after winning Roland-Garros four times since 2020, she had hoped to go further.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Swiatek will take on Denmark&#8217;s Clara Tauson on Monday for a place in the quarter-finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Tennis star Iga Swiatek stuns fans with bizarre twist on Wimbledon classic strawberries and cream snack after reaching fourth round<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swiatek advance following a 6-2 6-3 victory over the USA&#8217;s Danielle Collins The 23-year-old Polish star then posted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[92,23810,93,79,1068,16,15,5068],"class_list":{"0":"post-242541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-iga-swiatek","10":"tag-sport","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wimbledon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114806026446729128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}