By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday June 5, 2024
Paris – Iga Swiatek proved as soon as once more in the course of the Paris fortnight that she is effectively and actually the queen of clay. However in terms of grass, effectively, the five-time main champion remains to be very a lot unproven. That isn’t to say she isn’t one of many gamers who may win it this yr.
Swiatek presently owns a 9-4 total report on the Championships, not unhealthy in any respect however actually iot pales compared to her gorgeous 35-2 report at Roland-Garros. Final yr was the Pole’s finest efficiency but at SW19 – Swiatek reached the quarterfinals earlier than falling to Elina Svitolina in three units.
The one large problem for Swiatek, in fact, is that Wimbledon begins in a mere three weeks, which doesn’t give her a lot time to relaxation and get better after a protracted and bodily taxing slog on the clay.
“I believe to play some matches earlier than Wimbledon can also be good, however then again, I performed principally nearly each match in Stuttgart, Madrid, Rome and right here, and so we have to deal with my physicality, as effectively. So we’ll see what the plans are,” Swiatek stated.
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This.was.one thing.else. pic.twitter.com/CyQKtGkjKW— Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) June 8, 2024
A former Wimbledon women champion, Swiatek says she felt that enjoying a lead-up occasion in Unhealthy Homburg helped her final yr, however extra importantly, she thinks she’ll profit from having beefed up her serve this season.
“I believe the most important progress I could make on grass proper now could be utilizing my serves,” she stated, “but in addition I do not anticipate quite a bit. The balls are completely different. Total tennis is completely different on grass. I am going to simply see and I am going to work arduous to play higher there.”
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Swiatek additionally has the Olympics to consider later this summer season, and the Pole is not going to wish to miss the prospect to carry residence Olympic Gold for her nation. She joked that her grass court docket tennis may profit if she misplaced early at Roland-Garros, however that’s one thing she clearly isn’t keen to do (simply ask Naomi Osaka).
“I simply have to proceed the work that I have been doing,” she stated, of her grass sport. “It has been simpler yearly, particularly with my coach [Tomasz Wiktorowski] who, with Radwanska, that they had nice outcomes on grass and he type of feels grass effectively.
“For positive it is an enormous problem,” she stated. “If I’d lose right here earlier, possibly I’d be capable of play two extra weeks on grass after which be a greater grass participant, but when I’d select, I like enjoying on clay, so I am not going to surrender that ever.”