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An honest confession from Iga Swiatek. That’s why she lost to the Russian

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Iga Swiatek spoke out after her defeat to Anna Kalinska in the WTA semi-finals in Dubai. The world’s first rocket showed what went wrong. “I didn’t tell you this because there was no need,” she said in surprise.

Iga Swiatek unexpectedly lost in two sets in the semifinals to Russian Anna Kalinskaya. In this match, the world number one was powerless and in the second game of the second set she threw her racket into the court. In an interview after the end of the fight, the Russian admitted that the Pole was an excellent player. “I knew that if I didn’t stay calm and play aggressively, he would just destroy me.” That was my plan: I had to be aggressive all the time, and Iga Swiatek had to be on the move all the time,” she said.

Iga Swiatek spoke out after the defeat

Iga Światek commented on the progress of this meeting during a press conference, which was attended by a representative of the website Tennisklub.pl. – I’m not happy, I didn’t play tennis today, but I wanted to win. The last two weeks have been very stressful, but that doesn’t matter now. I felt like I didn’t have enough power to give more and so I had little control. Usually, if I tell myself what to do, I can do it, today I’m tired,” she admitted.

– Every day I felt weaker, I didn’t tell you this because it wasn’t necessary. “I have to accept these situations,” she added.

Iga Swiatek: I prepared like for any other match

Moreover, the world’s first missile was asked about preparations for this battle. Let us remember that this was the first fight between Iga Swiatek and Anna Kalinska. – I prepared as for any other match. “It’s hard for me to analyze what she did because I was trying to understand myself first because I was playing worse than usual,” she said.

“I couldn’t collect more.” Physically, mentally and tennis-wise today it didn’t work as expected. It’s hard when you’re tired. I know the greatest champions break through and I often do the same, but today I fell short. Days like this happen to me too,” she continued.

Iga Swiatek’s plans for the coming weeks

Anna Kalinska will play against Italian Jasmine Paolini in the WTA Dubai final. Both players are outside the top 20 in the WTA rankings. The Russian is in 40th place, and the Italian is in twenty-sixth. In the semi-finals of the tournament, the athlete from the Apennine Peninsula defeated the Romanian Sorana Chiristea. During the press conference, Iga Swiatek was asked what she thought about the composition of the decisive match in this tournament. “After all, this is a sport, and sometimes the one who loses wins,” she admitted.

– Sometimes leaders have bad days. We are tired, and the girls from the bottom places have less to lose, so they play without risk and… win,” she added.

Iga Swiatek said that after the tournament in Dubai she will go home for a few days, and then – in the middle of next week – she will fly with her squad to California.

Designed by: Norbert Amlicki
Source: WPROST.pl / Tennisclub.pl
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