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 nicely and really the queen of clay. However relating to grass, nicely, 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 12 months.
Swiatek presently owns a 9-4 general file on the Championships, not unhealthy in any respect however definitely iot pales compared to her gorgeous 35-2 file at Roland-Garros. Final 12 months was the Pole’s greatest efficiency but at SW19 – Swiatek reached the quarterfinals earlier than falling to Elina Svitolina in three units.
The one huge challenge 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 well after an extended and bodily taxing slog on the clay.
“I believe to play some matches earlier than Wimbledon can also be good, however however, I performed principally nearly each match in Stuttgart, Madrid, Rome and right here, and so we have to deal with my physicality, as nicely. So we’ll see what the plans are,” Swiatek stated.
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A former Wimbledon ladies champion, Swiatek says she felt that enjoying a lead-up occasion in Dangerous Homburg helped her final 12 months, 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 additionally I do not count on quite a bit. The balls are completely different. General tennis is completely different on grass. I am going to simply see and I am going to work onerous to play higher there.”
Olympic 12 months Crowds the Schedule
Swiatek additionally has the Olympics to consider later this summer season, and the Pole is not going to wish to miss the prospect to deliver 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 prepared to do (simply ask Naomi Osaka).
“I simply must 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 sort of feels grass nicely.
“For positive it is an enormous problem,” she stated. “If I might lose right here earlier, possibly I might be capable to play two extra weeks on grass after which be a greater grass participant, but when I might select, I like enjoying on clay, so I am not going to surrender that ever.”
