Iga Swiatek: After Madrid Title, I’m Not Expecting To Be Fresh For Rome
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Iga Swiatek is back in gear as the clear best woman in the world on clay after her first Madrid Masters title on Saturday. The world No. 1 is now setting her sights on the Rome Masters, an event she has twice won before. But she admits she’ll go in not 100% fresh, though she’s not worried.
“I’m not expecting myself to be fresh,” Swiatek told the Rome press on Tuesday. “Truly, like when I came to Madrid, I was more tired at the beginning of the tournament after Stuttgart than I was actually before the final. It really depends how the matches are going to look like. I know that if I’m going to stay longer in a tournament, I might have also some days off where I don’t even practice. We’re trying to plan it differently than last seasons because we are worried.
“These tournaments are longer and it’s not possible to have days off before, so sometimes you have to have them during. No point for me to focus on that because I want to win first matches, and we’ll see what’s going to happen afterwards.”
As the tournament betting favorite and the top seed, Swiatek has a great draw in Rome with little opposition until potentially facing Beatriz Haddad Maia in the quarters or Coco Gauff in the semifinals.
“It’s pretty crazy being in Madrid, packing straightaway after the final and coming here,” Swiatek said.
“I’m happy to be here because I love this place. I have already practiced today in the morning. It’s fun. For sure it’s a challenge to adapt. But it’s nice to have problems like that.”
Swiatek, back-to-back winner in Rome in 2021 and 2022, has won 14 of her last 15 in the city losing only to Elena Rybakina via retirement in the quarterfinals last year.
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