(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Iga Swiatek says she is entering this year’s grass season with an open mind as the Pole admits there are still things she needs to learn and figure out about playing on the fastest tennis surface. Swiatek, a four-time Grand Slam champion, has 14 titles in her collection but she has never made it past the round-of-16 at a grass-court tournament.
Last year, Swiatek only competed at Wimbledon during the grass season – her streak of 37 consecutive wins came to an with a shock Wimbledon third-round loss to Alize Cornet. “Basically before every grass-court season I just want to keep being open-minded and just learn a lot.
I feel like there is maybe a little bit less pressure, but on the other hand when I just go on court, I feel like I know how I can play tennis and I know how I can play on other surfaces. On grass sometimes it’s tougher and I still have to learn a lot, but I just feel like you’re going to go on court and not play the way you should or the way you could; so this thing is adding more pressure.
But I would say that the pressure from the outside, yes it’s maybe a little bit less, it depends on you guys and what questions you ask,” Swiiatek said,…
