"Winning keeps me fresh, it makes sense to play San Diego" - Swiatek on reason for playing in San Diego

Iga Swiatek will play at the San Diego Open this week and it was a curious decision by the Polish player who was still in Ostrava on Sunday.

It was a rather long trip from the Czech Republic to the US where Swiatek will play at the San Diego Open this week. It was a decision that was questioned by many fans on social media because it's a short turnaround with jet-leg effects as well but she explained that it made a lot of sense to play this week as well:

“Even though I played two really long matches there I feel pretty fine physically. The thing is that right now I feel more fresh because I had more time off after the US Open. So going into Ostrava I knew I could give everything and go all in. It’s not that bad. It’s the ‘nice’ jet lag, coming this way.”

She added that she wants to get in a lot of matches before the WTA Finals to be in peak form for the event which is a goal of hers:

“It makes sense because I just have to have more matches before the WTA Finals. It would be pretty bad if I would have three weeks without matches because I would be a little bit not in the rhythm. So it makes sense to be here for sure. I really wanted to play because of the city and I heard so many positive things about the tournament that I wanted to come.”