Swiatek: "It's easy to panic when you're 5-1 down, but I didn't"

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She arrived as the most in-form player on the circuit after a sensational summer, and she has demonstrated this during the first week of competition. Iga Swiatek will be among the top 16 in the women's singles draw of the US Open 2025 after having only dropped one set in her first three matches. At times, she was challenged by Kalinskaya and also by Lamens, but she drew on the confidence she had built up in her recent tournaments. Satisfied with her results, perhaps not so much with her performance, but the Pole once again takes that top seed position in a Grand Slam tournament. These were her words after her latest triumph in New York.

Match assessment

"Certainly, it hasn't been an easy match, especially after the start, but I am happy to have come back and started playing better. I made a lot of unforced errors at the beginning of the first set that I wish hadn't happened, and also, it must be acknowledged that Anna played very well. Apart from that, I am happy with how I turned things around from that rough start, how I stayed positive on the court until I figured out how to solve my issues."

Turning point at the end of the first set

"Honestly, I think I played well in those moments, although it is true that I made some errors when I tried to finish some rallies. Just when the easiest shot came, that was when I didn't time it well, so I didn't fully understand what needed to change. What I did want was to maintain the margins to avoid more unforced errors. Then I focused on two technical aspects that I thought could help me, and that's where things started to improve for me. I made fewer mistakes, and I also gave her the opportunity to make some. Then the set leveled out, so from that moment, I knew I could fight for it all."

Keeping calm when trailing 5-1

"It depends on the situation and on each player; today it happened to me as well, there were times when I didn't know what to do, when I didn't know what I should change. Then my team helped me a bit, until we reached the point where we had no other choice; we had to maintain the margins and always try to get one more ball back. Maybe it was smart not to go directly for the winner there. It's not always easy to find the solutions, to find exactly what will help you; it always takes some time. What you need is to have an open enough mind to think about what you can do. Today was a fairly good day in that regard. It's easy to panic when you're 5-1 down, but I didn't."

Low percentage on first serves

"I tend to have low percentages in that aspect usually, but today I didn't even realize it; I've been asked about this several times. I wasn't aware that I had a low first serve percentage; sometimes I felt that maybe I was going too directly for it, perhaps risking less when choosing where to serve. I suppose I'll try to work on that, although playing safer worked for me, you can't use it because your opponent will take advantage. It's always important to find the balance, although this time I had no idea what my percentage was, though I could imagine it wasn't good."

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