"I just want to keep open minded": Pressure off for Swiatek heading into grass court season

Iga Swiatek stated that she feels less pressure when playing on grass during the season.

The current World No. 1 will only participate in two grass tournaments this year. Next week, she will be the top seed at the WTA 250 Bad Homburg Open, which is the only tournament she will play before Wimbledon.

Polish player comes off winning the 2023 French Open, defeating Karolina Muchova in the final with a score of 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-4. This marked her fourth Grand Slam title and her third at Roland Garros.

Swiatek will enter Wimbledon in great form and will be considered one of the favorites, despite not having achieved significant results on grass in the past. In an interview, she acknowledged feeling less pressure on grass and emphasized her ability to adapt to different surfaces.

“Basically before every grass-court season I just want to keep being open minded and just learn a lot. I feel like there is maybe a little bit less pressure, but on the other hand when I just go on court, I feel like I know how I can play tennis and I know how I can play on other surfaces," world No. 1 said.

“On grass sometimes it’s tougher and I still have to learn a lot, but I just feel like you’re going to go on court and not play the way you should or the way you could; so this thing is adding more pressure.But I would say that the pressure from the outside, yes it’s maybe a little bit less, it depends on you guys and what questions you ask," Swiatek added.

The 22-year-old tennis player's best result at Wimbledon was reaching the fourth round in 2022, where she lost in three sets to Tunisian player Ons Jabeur. Last year, she reached the third round, where her streak of 37 consecutive victories was ended by Alize Cornet