"I had to overcome doubt" admits an honest Swiatek after comeback win over Cirstea

Iga Swiatek dropped her first set of the tournament, but battled for a comeback win over Sorana Cirstea to reach her first Australian Open quarterfinal.

Iga Swiatek was pushed to three sets for the first time in this event, but the No.7 seed from Poland eventually prevailed over Sorana Cirstea of Romania 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 on Monday to reach her first Australian Open quarterfinal. Cirstea pressured Swiatek quite a bit which the Polish player admitted after the match:

"For sure, she put a lot of pressure on me-. I just had to overcome some doubts that I had. I did that pretty well, because I don't have a good statistic in terms of coming back after losing the first sets. So it's still something I'm working on."

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The win should give Swiatek confidence moving forward as she tries to go deep in the first grand slam event of the year. She spoke about the impact of matches like these after her win:

"These kind of matches are going to give me a lot of confidence for the future, because coming back from losing in the first set and against a player who's constantly going forward, it's pretty hard, and I did that. I feel like I can approach these different scenarios on court, and at the end it's pretty positive."

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