Italian tennis player Flavio Cobolli jokingly warned Iga Świątek about the consequences of her latest food revelation at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.
After Świątek confessed during her post-match interview that she loves eating pasta with strawberries, a dish she claims to have enjoyed since childhood, Cobolli offered a lighthearted reaction.
Flavio Cobolli Reacts to Iga Świątek’s Bizarre Food Combo
The unexpected pasta combination became a hot topic after the Polish star, currently the eighth seed at the All England Club, mentioned her go-to comfort food during her on-court interview following a third-round win over American Danielle Collins.
“Pasta with strawberries is something I’ve eaten since I was a kid,” Świątek shared. Her peculiar culinary preference, which also includes yogurt in the mix, didn’t go unnoticed by the Italian tennis community.
Cobolli, speaking to Tennis Channel shortly after Świątek’s revelation, had a humorous take on the situation. The 23-year-old made it clear that not even Świątek’s elite tennis credentials could convince him to sample the sweet-savory mashup.
“I talked with her yesterday,” Cobolli said. “I told her what she did, because now people want to try strawberry and pasta, and I will never want to try, because it’s something that is really strange, and I don’t want to be in her position. I wish her good luck when she comes back to Italy.”
Oh Iga count your days pic.twitter.com/3j7Dyvyz0C
— E ‼️ (@cobboem_) July 8, 2025
Świątek doubled down on her defense of the dish by posting a photo of her enjoying the strawberry, pasta, and yogurt combo on her Instagram stories, captioning it: “Come in guyssss, this is Poland’s specialty.” That post ignited a delightful diplomatic exchange between the Embassy of Poland in the United States and their Italian counterparts.
The official X account for the Polish embassy shared the image and cheekily asked, “What’s your take on this, @ItalyinUS?” The Italian embassy responded with humor: “We love her tennis, but we could think of a different pasta.”
The Polish and Italian Embassies of U.S. debating Iga Swiatek’s strawberry pasta 😭😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/tQjT33Fy25 pic.twitter.com/mZq2hi1IOS
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) July 7, 2025
Upcoming Wimbledon Opponents for Świątek and Cobolli
Świątek has advanced to the quarterfinals at SW19, where she will take on 19th seed Liudmila Samsonova. This will be their fifth meeting on the WTA Tour, with the Pole dominating their head-to-head record 4-0. The winner of this match will face either seventh seed Mirra Andreeva or Belinda Bencic in the semifinals.
On the men’s side, 22nd seed Cobolli advanced to his maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal at the All England Club, where he will take on seven-time champion Novak Djokovic. This will be their second meeting on the ATP Tour, with the Serb winning their first meeting in straight sets in the 2024 Shanghai Masters third round.
The winner of this match will face either top seed Jannik Sinner or 10th seed Ben Shelton in the semifinals.
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