Poland’s Iga Swiatek crashed out of the Championships after shedding to France’s Alize Cornet in straight units 4-6, 2-6 within the third-round match on Saturday (July 2).
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek addressing the press convention after crashing out of Wimbledon. (Courtesy: Reuters)
HIGHLIGHTSAlize Cornet snapped Iga Swiatek’s match profitable streak at 37Swiatek did not play on grass floor within the construct as much as WimbledonSwiatek gained the French Open for a second time earlier this 12 months
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek had no qualms in accepting that she didn’t play good tennis and was confused about her techniques at Wimbledon.
Poland’s Swiatek crashed out of the Championships after shedding to France’s Alize Cornet in straight units 4-6, 2-6 within the third-round match on Saturday.
“What can I say? I know I didn’t play good tennis. I was pretty confused about my tactics,” Swiatek stated within the press convention. “As a solid player, she (Cornet) used that pretty well. It wasn’t good performance for me.
“Usually when I’m coming again, I’ve some form of a plan and I do know what to alter. Here I did not know what to alter. I used to be confused. Basically the factor that I modified this season is I began being an increasing number of aggressive. It was actually comfy for me to have the initiative and be proactive.
“But here I couldn’t control the ball. So I needed to slow down a little bit. Then in the second set, I kind of made few attempts to speed up again, and it didn’t work out.”
Swiatek was trailing 0-3 within the opening set however discovered her manner again, taking an early lead within the second set 2-0. However, she misplaced six successive video games and received knocked out of the match.
The two-time French Open champion had not performed on the grass floor within the construct as much as Wimbledon. Swiatek additionally admitted that the floor remains to be a puzzle for her to unravel.
“On grass court everything happens so quickly. I tried many things to feel better on court, on grass courts, but it didn’t really work out,” she stated.
“That’s why I’m not even hard on myself because, it’s kind of logic that if I couldn’t find it even on practices, I’m not going to find it in a match.”
With the defeat, Swiatek’s 37-match profitable streak additionally got here to an finish. She matched Martina Hingis’s 1997 season. “Right now even I am satisfied with this streak, so I’m happy that I was able to do that,” Swiatek stated.
