Iga Swiatek has been pretty vocal about the congested tennis schedule, but the five-time Grand Slam winner says she has no plans to skip any big events in the next few months.<\/p>\n
Last year Swiatek<\/a> played in the two Middle East WTA 1000 events, the Sunshine Double in Indian Wells and Miami, the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers for Poland and a full clay-court swing featuring the Stuttgart Open, Madrid Open, Italian Open and Roland Garros.<\/p>\n That busy schedule eventually took its toll as she admitted later in the campaign that she ran out of steam and stated that tennis authorities were \u201cpushing and pushing for us to play more\u201d and pleaded that \u201cwe deserve to rest a little bit more\u201d.<\/p>\n The then world No 1 later added: \u201cI think it needs to be changed because also I think it\u2019s going to be better for fans and because they\u2019re not going to see their favourite players like pull out or getting injured so much, I think, and we can present better quality, I would say.\u201d<\/p>\n Swiatek, though, plans to play the same events in 2025 as she intends to participate in all the major clay-court tournaments after the conclusion of the Sunshine Double.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t remember how it was last year. I know that every, like, swing is different. For example, I don\u2019t know, like, one year or two years ago in Middle East, I also got, like, two walkovers. This year I didn\u2019t,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n \u201cThe tournaments can be, there\u2019s no way to compare one year to the other, because that story can be totally different. For sure this part of the season is really tough. And I, for sure, don\u2019t want to miss any clay court tournaments. And Indian Wells, Miami, as well, I love these tournaments, and I already proved myself that physically I can handle it.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, also, it\u2019s going to be different if you\u2019re going to start these tournaments, I don\u2019t know, three-setters or two matches, 6-2, 6-2, you know. So, yeah, I mean, we\u2019ll see. There is no point to overthink that. My plan is to play everything.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll just go with it step by step, week by week, and we\u2019ll think about it during. I mean, it\u2019s more coach\u2019s job to plan it before in a way that I can start the swing with enough amount of freshness and recovering.\u201d<\/p>\n There appear to be no plans to reduce the number of tournaments, instead some WTA 1000 events have been expanded as this year\u2019s Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open will now be two-weeks long.<\/p>\n The Pole is coming off a slightly disappointing Middle East campaign as she reached the semi-final in Qatar while she lost in the quarter-final in Dubai.<\/p>\n Up next is her Indian Wells title defence.<\/p>\n Gauff, Swiatek, or Sabalenka: Who has the toughest Indian Wells draw?<\/a><\/p>\n Iga Swiatek eyes Indian Wells Open record as she aims for unique hat-trick<\/a><\/p>\n Asked about the long time on the road, the reigning French Open champion said: I think I already got used to it, also because the slams were always long, so you always get a one day off.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, well, for sure, it\u2019s hard at the end of the year, because you feel like you\u2019ve been on tour for a long time,\u201d she said. \u201cThe tournaments are long. So if you\u2019re gonna play till the end, you don\u2019t have much time to go back home or to even have two proper days off, you know.<\/p>\n \u201cBut on the other hand, there are also advantages. You can use this day off for a nice practice, and if you feel like your technique when you\u2019re playing matches is going down a bit, you can really remind yourself on these practices on what to focus on and what to work on.<\/p>\n \u201cI try to look at the positive side of this, as we don\u2019t have much influence on the scheduling. I\u2019ll take as much from it as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Iga Swiatek makes schedule promise despite concerns over hectic calendar<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iga Swiatek has been pretty vocal about the congested tennis schedule, but the five-time Grand Slam winner says she has no plans to skip any big events in the next few months. 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