By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday September 3, 2023
Iga Swiatek was left pondering what went flawed after her 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Jelena Ostapenko on Sunday night time on the US Open.
The defending champion fell to 0-4 lifetime towards the Latvian and noticed her US Open profitable streak snapped at 10 victories.
“I am simply stunned that my degree modified so drastically as a result of often once I play unhealthy, I play unhealthy originally, then I type of catch up or simply drawback clear up,” she mentioned. “This time it was completely the other. I do not actually know what occurred with my sport. I felt no management immediately. I simply have to look at and see ‘trigger, yeah, I did not actually know why I began making so many errors.”
Swiatek was off to a stable begin, however melted down within the warmth and humidity in units two and three, as she struggled to hit her spots towards the previous Roland-Garros champion.
“Often I can really feel what I am doing flawed,” she mentioned. “This time, I do not know, like my errors had been so enormous, and I had no thought why immediately I could not return. I am a very good returner. I used to be specializing in the identical issues as within the first set, and the identical issues general, when my sport is working.
“I do not know. I want to look at. Perhaps it will give me some solutions. General it is simply that it would not occur typically for me once I begin enjoying so badly. It is a constructive factor general, however I am simply stunned a little bit bit. I’ve to research.”
On the No.1 Rating: It’s Unhappy
Swiatek mentioned it’s tough to lose the No.1 rating, however she believes that she may have probabilities to regain it if she continues to develop as a participant.
“For positive when it occurs, once you lose it, there are some unhappy feelings,” she mentioned. “As I mentioned originally, all these nice gamers know it’ll come again if you are going to work onerous, concentrate on the proper issues, simply develop as a participant.
“For positive apart from this match, which was fairly bizarre, I really feel like I’m progressing as a participant. I’ve extra abilities. This season was – remains to be – the toughest half is already completed for me, however this season was actually robust and intense. It isn’t simple to deal with all of these items, yeah.
“I am simply completely happy that I’ll have time to reset a little bit bit.”
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