Chris Evert says Iga Swiatek “has a target on her back” as the Pole is “still the player to beat” on the WTA Tour. Swiatek, ranked at No 1 in the world, hasn’t been that convincing at the start of the 2023 season. Swiatek did manage to win Doha with a total of five games lost during the tournament but she also picked up a shock Australian Open round-of-16 exit and surprisingly lost to Barbora Krejcikova in the Dubai final.
Evert, a former 18-time Grand Slam champion, believes that when Swiatek loses, it’s usually because she fails to control the emotional part of her game.
Evert: Swiatek is still the player to beat on the WTA Tour
“We know she has the game physically.
We know she’s a great competitor, and she’s a great athlete. She’s got wonderful tools, and a wonderful skill-set in tennis. But it seems like in the matches that she’s lost, that emotional part has broken down. [Novak] Djokovic is almost like a machine.
He goes out there and, you know, he can just have that tunnel vision and focus and not let his emotions get in the way. I think Iga has shown in some matches that she has let her emotions get the best of her. So she would just have to be aware of that, I think.
But she is still the player to beat, no matter what you say. She will lose once in a while, but…
