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The five-time Grand Slam winner has drawn a blank since winning last year’s French Open.
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Iga Swiatek might be having a horror season so far, but she does not aim to give up anytime soon, as the Pole shunned rumours of her skipping Wimbledon and being dissatisfied with her coach.
The five-time Grand Slam winner has drawn a blank since winning last year’s French Open, and her latest result saw Swiatek lose her Madrid Open title in a crushing 6-1, 6-1 semi-final defeat to Coco Gauff last week.
“Sometimes I’m not happy with the way I play. It’s natural, especially with my perfectionism. This can be seen on the court,” Swiatek told Polish media outlet SportoweFakty in an interview.
“However, when I come off it, I can look at the season from a broader perspective.
“Then I find a lot of positives. Reaching the quarter-finals or semi-finals is a good result. Again, I am the most even player of the whole season.”
Swiatek also shunned the rumours of her opting out of Wimbledon.
“Who said that? You shouldn’t believe that (social media comments),” Swiatek remarked.
“I don’t know why this happens. Seems like you guys (the media) like to write articles that will attract more people.”
“But, no. I am not skipping Wimbledon.”
Swiatek parted ways with her coach Tomasz Wiktorowski in October after three years, adding Belgian Wim Fissette to her team, and in November accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine.
The Pole was asked if new coach Fissette was responsible for the lack of success.
“No, this is a very harsh and unfair statement,” Swiatek said.
“I can only look at the coach from my own perspective, which is the only right one for me, that is, what our work looks like every day.
“The worst results coincided with many other challenges in recent months, also in family life. I found myself at a stage of my career where I had to reformulate my thinking about myself.”
“I’m happy with the work I’m doing with Wim. So I’ll just continue.”
(with agency inputs)
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