Iga Swiatek made several troubling and revealing comments following her comprehensive defeat to Marta Kostyuk in the French Open fourth round.<\/p>\n
Four-time Roland Garros champion Swiatek was knocked out of the competition on her 25th birthday in an inconsistent outing on Court Philippe Chatrier on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Pole hit just 13 winners to her opponent\u2019s 25 and chalked up 39 unforced errors in the 7-5 6-1 loss \u2013 12 more than the in-form Ukrainian.<\/p>\n
Moreover, Swiatek won just 17 out of her 38 first serve points, and she failed to hold serve from 4-3 onwards. This is now her earliest defeat at the French Open<\/a> since 2019.<\/p>\n The six-time major winner, who failed to serve out the first set, began working with former Rafael Nadal coach Francisco Roig in early April but going by this result and her remarks, there is a lot of work to do.<\/p>\n Iga Swiatek gets blunt criticism after \u2018total collapse\u2019 in French Open exit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Roland Garros make rare decision regarding Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s next match<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Swiatek<\/a> admitted that she felt worse as the encounter progressed, she got more and more tense, and this could take a year to resolve.<\/p>\n She said after the contest,\u00a0\u201cI lost control of the match, and there was no way for me to come back<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0because I felt worse and worse, so this is not positive.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0And this is different than losing to Elina [Svitolina] in Rome or to [Mirra] Andreeva, I guess, in Stuttgart.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0So, yeah, it\u2019s not great.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI know that I lost because I was tense and my body couldn\u2019t really do the proper things.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0But it\u2019s not the first time.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0So, yeah, I just need to work on it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, for me, maybe the toughest loss is when you had the match in your hands,<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0but I don\u2019t know, you made stupid decisions and you let it go and your opponent suddenly comes back.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOr it\u2019s also bad when your tennis is just terrible and that you\u2019re worse than the players that you play with.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0But I feel like for sure I lost today because Marta used the opportunity and I was super tense. <\/span><\/span><\/span>And I feel like I can work on that at least.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnd there\u2019s a reason and there\u2019s maybe a solution.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0And maybe it\u2019s not going to take one week or one month. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Maybe it\u2019s going to take even a season or something.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0But I need to believe that I can work through this and not be thrown off so quickly.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In addition to her serving issues, she was particularly uncertain on her forehand against Kostyuk<\/a>, who is yet to taste defeat on the clay this season after wins in Madrid and Rouen.<\/p>\n While the Ukrainian 15th seed will look forward to a quarter-final against compatriot Elina Svitolina, Swiatek may need to do a lot of soul searching.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, I mean, we\u2019re not on a therapy session, so I\u2019m going to keep it simple. <\/span><\/span><\/span>But obviously there could be many reasons, but I\u2019d rather work on it on my own,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt is harder a bit to handle stress for me like last year, especially I feel like the peak was in the United States this year.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0So I feel like today I felt off and I did mistakes that I didn\u2019t want to do.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnd I wanted to play safe, but the ball flew everywhere.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0And suddenly these feelings came back and I tried to work on it with my dialogue inside.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0But it was tough today.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Yeah, so it all kind of went drastically down and I played worse and worse.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Swiatek, who is 11th in the WTA<\/a> Race but is currently third in the rankings, will hope those negative feelings can dissipate when she aims to defend her Wimbledon<\/a> title next month.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Roland Garros: Marta Kostyuk sends message after stunning Iga Swiatek upset<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Iga Swiatek makes worrying long-term admission after French Open defeat to Marta Kostyuk<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iga Swiatek made several troubling and revealing comments following her comprehensive defeat to Marta Kostyuk in the French Open fourth round. 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