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World No. 1 Iga Swiatek reveals some team members have urged her to explore the idea of reducing her schedule and focus on the most important ones but the 22-year-old Pole has no intention of doing that, at least not for now.
Last month, Swiatek won the opening WTA 1000 tournament of the year in Doha before also making the semifinal of a WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai the following week. In Dubai, Swiatek appeared to be a safe pick for back-to-back WTA 1000 titles but then got bounced 6-4 6-4 by Anna Kalinskaya in the semifinal.
Following her Dubai loss, Swiatek blamed fatigue and exhaustion as she said she was “so out of power” against Kalinskaya.
Upon arriving in Indian Wells, Swiatek highlighted that the 2024 Paris Olympics – starting on June 26th – will be a big goal of hers. But leading up to the Paris Olympics, Swiatek does not plan on lowering her workload and schedule.
“Some voices on my team are telling me to maybe play smarter and miss some events, focus on the important ones, maybe not rush for (ranking) points,” Swiatek said.
“I thought about that, but I still want to play everything at this stage. It would be hard for me to decide to miss tournaments and take time to be fresh and recover.
“I may do that…
