Tennis star Iga Swiatek has baffled fans after training with tape over her mouth, leaving fans baffled by the bizarre display.
The 22-year-old World No. 1 had people wondering what was going on after she was spotted preparing for the Canadian Open.
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Pictures released from her training sessions ahead of the event showed the Pole had tape over her mouth as she swung her racket.
Swiatek then took it off at the end of the practice – but it left fans asking online what the benefits of the strange manoeuvre was.
One fan tweeted that they were “very intrigued/confused by this” as another simply replied asking: “What?”
Tennis journalist Kamakshi Tandon wrote: “A lot of coaches are going to be very interested in this new training method.”
And a fellow fan even joked: “How I need to train for…