the polish Iga Swiatekworld number 1 and defending champion in Paris, suffered an injury to her right thigh that forced her to withdraw from the WTA in Rome ten days ago, but she confirmed this Friday at the Media Day of the second Grand Slam on the calendar who will be ready for his first round against Roland Garros against the Spaniard Cristina Bussa.
“Luckily it wasn’t anything serious, I took a few days off, I’m still recovering from the thigh injury, but I’ll be fine for my first round match, that’s the most important thing,” Swiatek said.
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In the quarterfinals in Rome, against the world number 4, Elena Rybakina, the 21-year-old Polish retired with two games apiece in the third set, after winning the first 6-2 and losing the second in a tie-break (7/3). It was during this tie-break, on defense, that Swiatek was visibly hurt.
“On the one hand, it’s obviously not easy to get injured because you know you have a tournament next week, but on the other hand, I’m very happy that I had the extra days off, because I needed time to recharge myself. batteries,” he explained.
“Since the start of the tournament in Stuttgart (in mid-April), the only thing I have focused on is doing everything possible to play my best matches. I need time to breathe and mind about other things. Take a few days off “It’s very helpful. It is also useful to study what happened throughout the clay court era. It was a great way to approach the last clay court tournament of the season, with all the lessons learned,” he added.
Swiatek won in Stuttgart (Germany) and lost in the final in Madrid, against world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka, before Rome.
“This is the first week since, say, Indian Wells (in March) that I had time to hurry and focus a little on my strategy. I made the most of this time, because during the season you don’t have much” I think it will give me a lot of confidence for the tournament. I have more time after Rome than last year and I can prepare more calmly for Roland Garros,” he said.
As for the world number 1 at stake in the Parisian fortnight, “I didn’t even know it”, Swiatek wanted to emphasize
Source: La Verdad
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