"We're at fault, the press, journalists and TV commentators": Evert believes too much pressure put on Swiatek when rare losses occur

Chris Evert is not a fan of the media handling of Iga Swiatek thinking her winning streak last year is making everyone overanalyze ever single bit of her career.

Swiatek has been losing a bit more than last year and a recent hip injury kind of continues a somewhat lacklustre year so far. At times she has proven to still be really strong but she's also lost some matches that many expected her to win. Evert can see the media really blowing out of proportion many of her performances and she's not a fan of it:

"I think we're at fault. The press, journalists, and TV commentators are at fault because we talk about her dominance and let's be careful with this. But when she has numbers like that [37-game streak in 2022], it appears that she's dominating, and that's going to put pressure on anybody."

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She explained by citing the examples of Rybakina and Sabalenka:

"But at the same time, I think two players, in particular, have emerged: Sabalenka with the improved serve, even though the serve let her down at Indian Wells, was playing with more focus. She's a different player this year. And then Rybakina, she's solid as a rock and she's got such great technique that very little can go wrong under pressure."

And added more:

"But that being said, we're so quick to say someone's dominant and then we're so quick to say 'Oh, they're in trouble. What do you think? Their career is in trouble?' No, Iga is still the No. 1 player in the world. No matter how you look at it, she still is the player to beat. Iga wins 99% of her matches playing like Iga. But against the power players, she and her coach have to devise a plan. But I'm sure they're going to go back to the drawing board and figure it out."

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