“Earlier I didn’t feel like I was choosing the right moments, but I think it also comes with a little bit of experience.” “Because really we are super strong and we can hit really hard, but we’ve got to choose the right moments.

“I’m pretty glad that I’m also good at balancing the aggression, the control, because that’s I think that’s the most important thing in tennis,” Swiatek said. Not only is Swiatek thinking like a winner, she’s playing a more nuanced game of power and finesse. 2 ranking on the line for both players, this one should be fun to watch.ġ0 - Iga #Swiatek has won 10 matches in a row for the second time in her career - also 10 between Rome and Roland Garros 2021. Swiatek has shown a new grittiness at Indian Wells, coming back to win three times after dropping the first set. In the last quarter century, only four women have done that before their 21st birthday: Kim Clijsters, Serena and Venus Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova – multi-major winners all. Leads all Hologic WTA Tour players with 19 match wins.But, thinking like a favorite, Swiatek beat Sakkari last month in the Doha semifinals. Swiatek played Sakkari three times in a span of five months last year – at Roland Garros, Ostrava and at the WTA Finals in Guadalajara – losing all three. Sakkari took down defending champion Paula Badosa in the semifinals – after going 0-4 in previous WTA 1000 semifinals. The final step? Carrying that momentum into Sunday’s final against Maria Sakkari, who has achieved a breakthrough of her own in the California desert. Swiatek was terrific in defeating Halep 7-6(6), 6-4 in the BNP Paribas semifinals. But right now it’s a little bit different and I feel like I have much more experience that I can use.”Īnd because the 20-year-old feels that way, the results follow. “So basically I still didn’t feel like I’m like settled into the Top 10 or Top 20.

“That was my second tournament after winning the Grand Slam,” Swiatek told reporters Friday.

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