Comeback Win Stress Proving Floor

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, June 1, 2025

Photograph credit score: Antoine Couvercelle-ROLEX

Dropping eight of 9 video games would go away most feeling terror tremors on Court docket Philippe Chatrier.

Going through a 1-6, 0-2 deficit to Elena Rybakina at present, Iga Swiatek skipped shivers adopting easy thoughts set: Struggle for each ball.

Reigning Roland Garros champion Swiatek pulled off a spirited comeback edging Rybakina 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the Roland Garros quarterfinals for the sixth straight yr.

Swiatek stated this comeback is affirmation she will carry out below strain after a subpar season.

“It is a terrific affirmation for me that I can deal with the strain and the whole lot, however truthfully, I wasn’t anticipating to have a simple rating in opposition to Elena,” Swiatek stated. “I additionally had a simple rating in opposition to her, however shedding, , as a result of she’s a terrific participant. So for certain that wasn’t one thing that I even thought of at present.

“Yeah, it doesn’t matter what the rating is, I’ll simply attempt to play one of the best tennis attainable any minute. It does not actually matter, truthfully, however for certain, as I stated, it is nice to beat some challenges through the match.”

It’s Swiatek’s twenty fifth straight Roland Garros win, equaling Corridor of Famer Monica Seles for second-longest Paris Open Period girls’s win streak behind Chrissie Evert (29).

Swiatek stated spacing out helped her flip the match round.

Backing up additional behind the baseline gave Swiatek extra time to return Rybakina’s second function the match progressed.

Rybakina received simply 9 of 21 second-serve factors and didn’t hit an ace within the ultimate set.

“[Coach] Wim, it was his plan to sort of persuade me typically to strive it out, however I wasn’t certain if that is my factor,” Swiatek stated. “As a result of I keep in mind just a few years again, once I began being extra aggressive, I began profitable extra.

“I believe women are serving quicker now, and all people is growing.

“There are some limits to what you may react to, . I believe the teaching really actually helped me at present, as a result of I would not provide you with this myself. Though I observe it somewhat bit, it is nonetheless like a bizarre factor for me to do.

“However for certain it helped. Yeah, as I stated, it gave me extra time to only play again some balls.”

Subsequent up for Swiatek is a quarterfinal conflict vs. 30-year-old Ukrainian veteran Elina Svitolina who saved three match factors upsetting 2024 finalist Jasmine Paolini.

“It means so much. I believe I wanted that sort of win to love really feel these emotions that I will win below strain, and even when it is not going the suitable approach, , nonetheless flip the match round to win it,” Swiatek stated. “For certain it is a terrific affirmation for me. Yeah, I for certain wished to have a match like that.

“Clearly, it is nice to even have full management over the match, however in opposition to nice gamers, it is not all the time going to be attainable. I am comfortable that I fought, and I additionally problem-solved on courtroom.”