World primary Iga Swiatek is on a mission to enhance her modest document on grasscourts and mentioned on Saturday that she had gone again to fundamentals within the buildup to Wimbledon, which begins on Monday.
Swiatek received the US Open in 2022 and final month secured her second consecutive French Open crown. But whereas the 22-year-old has had success on hardcourts and clay, she is but to win a match on grass and has but to get previous the spherical of 16 at Wimbledon.
The Pole’s general win-loss document on the slick floor is 9-5, and he or she acknowledged that she needed to do higher to be counted among the many sport’s nice gamers.
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“I believe the best players, they can play on all surfaces. I want to become that kind of player who can play well on grass as well and feel comfortable there,” Swiatek, who meets China’s Zhu Lin within the first spherical, informed reporters.
“I’m doing my best to just work on my skills. Last year I feel like we’ve done a pretty good job with my coach in terms of my touch and getting back slices and also playing the slice.
“This year I feel like we had more time to kind of focus on the basics, more time to also play matches. Yeah, I’m using that time as much as possible.”
Swiatek warmed up for the yr’s third main with a hard-fought win over Tatjana Maria earlier than comfortably beating Jil Teichmann and Anna Blinkova at Bad Homburg however withdrew earlier than the semi-finals resulting from fever and potential meals poisoning.
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She mentioned she anticipated to be effective come Monday when Wimbledon begins and added that she was engaged on perfecting her footwork.
“That’s where my strength is on other surfaces,” Swiatek mentioned. “For sure, sliding is tricky here, so you have to slow down and stop before the shot in a different way.
“Yeah, I feel like if you have time to adjust to the surface and then use your intuition in matches… I was able to do that a little bit in Bad Homburg. I think it’s going to be fine.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com