Iga Swiatek makes concerning admissions as she bluntly reacts to Italian Open shock

Iga Swiatek admitted she “wasn’t present to fight and compete” during her shocking defeat to Danielle Collins at the 2025 Italian Open.

The five-time Grand Slam champion was upset 6-1, 7-5 by Collins in the third round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome.

Swiatek was the defending champion at the Italian Open and had won three of the previous four editions of the event.

The 23-year-old Pole’s defeat means she will arrive at the 2025 French Open without having reached a final since securing her fourth Roland Garros crown last year.

Here is every word Swiatek said in her mixed zone interview.

Q. What were you processing on the court today?

SWIATEK: For sure it hasn’t been easy. For sure I’m doing something wrong. So I need to just regroup and kind change some stuff. I had some advice from the team. I’ll just try to do this.

Q. We can see it’s obviously difficult for you. Who are the people you lean on for emotional support?

SWIATEK: Yeah, well, Daria [Abramowicz], like everybody from my team. Yeah, we talked and came to some conclusions. So yeah, I’m just going to change my mindset a little bit because…

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Q. I saw you mentioned in the article that you sort of feel like you revert to old habits when you’re feeling under pressure, expectations. Was that something you felt like happened today at all?

SWIATEK: I don’t know. Well, I think I just wasn’t there, present to, like, fight and to compete. I focused on mistakes. It’s my mistake, and I’m not doing things right. So yeah, the focus is on the wrong things from my side and I’ll try to change that.

Q. Your expectations now going into Roland Garros…

SWIATEK: Obviously it would be stupid to expect a lot because I’m not able to play my game right now. I’ll just try to, you know, as I said, change my mindset a little bit, try to regroup and just focus day by day working.

Q. Other people have had great success at particular Grand Slams. Even if they come into them not playing great, they say they have a certain feeling.

SWIATEK: I don’t care what other people had. There’s no point to compare.

Q. Do you get a certain feeling when you come to Roland Garros?

SWIATEK: It doesn’t matter what things I get. Every year is different, so… Doesn’t matter.

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