Swiatek, after being eliminated: "What I would like to do is go train, I know what went wrong"

Raquel Bermúdez Rodríguez | 28 Jan 2026 | 05.31

Swiatek, after being eliminated: "What I would like to do is go train, I know what went wrong". Photo: Getty

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Honest and straightforward, Iga Swiatek faced her defeat against Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Australian Open with a lot of maturity. It was a two-set match, with the second set being much more decisive, in which the Kazakh player eliminated the world number two.

Honestly, Iga Swiatek analyzed her tough loss in the press conference. The Polish tennis player explained what she usually does after a result like this and what she would really like to do, as well as clearly pointing out the aspect she needs to work on to improve her game.

What does Iga Swiatek do after a defeat?

"It depends on how I feel. Sometimes I'm fed up and there's no way to see or address anything constructively. Sometimes I'm curious to know what went wrong. I don't really have a routine because I operate on routines during tournaments. What I really would like to do is go to the practice court and work on the things I couldn't do well during the preseason. It's not surprising to me because sometimes certain changes take a little longer than three weeks, but I don't have a great need to watch because I know what went wrong," confessed Iga Swiatek in the press conference.

The lesson Iga Swiatek takes from the 2026 Australian Open

"I'm not satisfied with the result. It was a very intense match. The first set was very tight, with few points making the difference. In the second set, she definitely improved her serve. She went for shots, and things got much tougher. I know what I need to improve, and it's more or less the same as what I had in mind before the tournament, so there's no revelatory lesson. I'll just keep doing my job, and I hope that in the next tournament, I'll be clear about what I wanted to do with my game."

Aspects to improve for Iga Swiatek

"I didn't serve as well as, I don't know, in Cincinnati, for example, against Elena. My serve was pretty ordinary, and sometimes I could have given a little more. I have some things I want to work on. I've never played flawlessly on these courts because they are fast. I guess I'll try next time anyway. I see Carlos, for example, changing his serve every year. For me, a small thing takes much longer.

There are some things in the serve that I want to change, and I already changed them in the preseason, but then the matches come, and you don't have much time to think about it. You don't want to think about these details when you play, so the old patterns come back. Basically, I'll focus on that. I'll see what happens because there are surely things I can change to play better, and I'll try to do it in the coming weeks and months."