Swiatek: “In the final, I will focus on myself”

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The Polish Iga Swiarekqualified for the final of the Madrid tournament, he made sure to focus on himself, whoever his rival was, and that He wants finals against players who are at the top.

“I am happy to play against top tennis players. Whoever it is will be able to enter the final because they have been consistent. It will be a challenge and a difficult match. I will be ready. I will focus on myself”Swiatek commented about the final, including the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenja and the Kazakh Elena Rybakina as possible rivals.

The victory in the semifinals against the American “Madison Keys 6-1 and 6-3 “It was a clean performance and a solid game.”Swiatek said.

“I am very confident and happy that the work is giving results”he added.

Swiatek indicated that, although the scoreboard showed an easy result, “There’s a lot more behind the scoreboard.”

“I wouldn’t say the tournament was easy, but I’m happy to have played well and to reach the final quite recently,” indicated the Pole, who dropped just one set en route to the final.

Regarding two-week tournaments like the one in Madrid, Rybakina criticized them for being broken, Swiatek says they are “physically easier, but mentally harder.”

“Mentally you have to be prepared for these long tournaments without really having days off, because even if we have a day off, we usually come to train and see the courts, see the same faces, eat the same food. So it’s not like if possible you completely disconnect”, he explained.

Madison Keys commented after the crash It’s been a long time since they won four games in a row. and that the contest gives him “a lot to build on.”

It was his fourth tournament after returning from a shoulder injury.

Keys said that Swiatek’s danger is his way of returning the ball, “not because of the power that other players have but because of the good job he does of hitting it early, and he hits it so fast that you start to feel the rush.”

“I was really impressed with the depth and placement of his shots, every one an inch off the line. You can’t get ground on that kind of ball,” said.

Source: La Verdad

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