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Going from being a young woman with illusions to a national idol is not an easy transition for many people. Traveling from 54th place in the ranking to Philippe Chatrier to receive the Suzanne Lenglen trophy is a difficult transition to assimilate. All this happened to Iga Swiatek in October 2020. More than a year later, she is still among the best in the world but she acknowledges that it has been a difficult process.
“It was very difficult at the beginning because I had to adapt to the new situation and being with different rankings is always somewhat misleading. I took time to learn my lessons and I wanted to focus on working and focusing on tennis, because I have been playing tennis all my life. and not thinking about the ranking. Tournament by tournament I could see that I was playing consistently and that made me more confident, “the Pole shared.
The tears of her first loss at the WTA Finals were nothing more than the pressure exerted by her own hunger for victory. The ironic part of success is that hardly anyone is ready for it to happen and you have to learn to live with it.
That’s the tricky part because on the one hand you are succeeding and you can be happy about it, but on the other side when you go to the next tournament people are waiting for you to play well again. In tennis it is difficult to be in good shape all year round and people have to understand that, ”said Iga herself.
Swiatek has not only had to deal with the expectations of all those around her, but also with her own. Afterwards, each victory is normalized and each triumph is exaggerated, while the main one affected is in the full stage of development and growth.
“I feel like everyone is ready for bad times and losing, because everyone is teaching us how to be more motivated or how to be consistent by working hard, but when you win a big tournament, not many people are ready for that, so in the beginning. it is always difficult, “acknowledged the one from Warsaw.
No player from Poland had lifted a Grand Slam title until Iga conquered Roland Garros. As overwhelming as that might dream for a player in her early twenties, she tries not to be the main topic of conversation at her camp.
“I do my job every day and I don’t think ‘I’m the first player in Poland’, I only play tennis, I’m just myself. It’s good to find some distance on that so I don’t worry about these things.“he mentioned.
Although cameras are lining up to photograph them and the WTA organizes a media tour for him, Swiatek is still the same Iga fond of rock, legos and who drinks coffee to try to make the day more bearable.
“I don’t consider myself a celebrity because I am the same person I was a year ago. You can be more popular but it does not change the interior of you, “he shared with the same naturalness with which he greeted and said goodbye.
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