Real Reason Behind Iga Swiatek’s Slow Start to the Season Revealed in an Honest Confession – ‘ Didn’t Play Very Freely..’

Iga Swiatek might be the world’s number-one tennis player right now but she went through immense pressure for that. Interestingly, Swiatek spoke about the hectic tournament schedules impacting her mental health during this season. Now many other tennis players such as Nadal, and Holger Rune previously spoken about the same issue. Now adding Swiatek’s comment, fans think the tennis association needs to pay attention to players’ problems.

Swiatek recently won the WTA finals at Cancun with a mind-blowing performance. However, her opponent Aryna Sabalenka was equally great. It somehow made Swiatek realize Sabalenka’s talent to be in the top three players of women’s tennis. Nevertheless, Swiatek’s luck seemed to be great at this tournament but at a cost of immense pressure.

Swiatek reveals about her immense pressure this tennis season

While 2023’s tennis season ended quite great for Swiatek, she expressed to be in quite pressure for her tournaments. Swiatek said-“I just preferred to focus on other things, because the pressure related to the No. 1 spot was a bit overwhelming in the middle of the season. For this reason, I didn’t play very freely until the US Open, and then I knew that I just had to change this attitude and approach the next tournaments differently, just be a different player who didn’t focus on all that things. Although I always try to do it, but it doesn’t always work out. The calendar is changing towards even more duties, even greater expenditure of energy that we will have to devote while participating in tournaments, because the tournaments are also extended,”

Swiatek’s comment also hinted at the hectic schedule of tournaments for players, which always keep them under pressure. Now all credit for this goes to Swiatek’s opponent Aryna Sabalenka as well who was terrific on the court this season. Swiatek believed that Sabalenka had all the reasons to defeat her and snatch the world’s number one position.

However, Swiatek’s double victory at two important tournaments helped the former tennis star to defeat the Belarusian Slabalenka and reappear as the world’s number one.

Swiatek gave a humble response to her return as the world’s number-one tennis player

Despite being the world’s number-one again, Iga Swiatek expressed a very humble and generous self to the fans while talking about her performance. Swiatek seemed more positive about colleague and rival Sabalenka’s performance, which revealed a great sign of professionalism between this duo. Swiatek commented-“She deserved it, She had a great season. She won a Grand Slam, was in the final of another Grand Slam and in two semi-finals, so it was an amazing season.” 

Even the tennis fraternity would say that Aryna Sabalenka was truly gorgeous with her strokes. However, her loss to Swiatek during the WTA tournament’s semi-finals snatched Sabalenka’s opportunity to end the 2023 season as the world’s number one.

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Despite the on-court rivalry, Swiatek’s comment about Sabalenka brought hope among fans about true sportsmanship. On the other hand, they were truly moved to see their favorite tennis player’s humble side.

However, Swiatek snatched her victory to remain as the world’s number-one tennis star. If she persists in showing such great performance, opponents might have a hard time trying to take it from her in the future.

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