"I'm kind of shocked" - Wilander on Swiatek losing

Sunday, 03 July 2022 at 23:00

Iga Swiatek’s Wimbledon campaign - and 37-match winning streak - was ended by Alize Cornet on Saturday afternoon, who beat the world No. 1 6-4 6-2.

The 21-year-old was the big favourite going into the Championships, and despite motoring through a winning run where she won six WTA titles in a row, had some doubters questioning whether she could go all the way at Wimbledon.

Speaking about it Wilander said:

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“I'm kind of shocked. I thought that there was a chance she wasn't going to win Wimbledon, but the type of opponent I thought she would struggle against was not going to be someone like Alize Cornet. Cornet puts a lot of balls back in play but doesn't hit that hard. I think that it's down to at least the Cornet’s fighting spirit."

He further added:

“But also you have to put yourself in Iga's mindset. She's getting closer to losing every match she played. And we were just saying before she's most probably going to thank god and think, ‘let me get out of here. Now I don't want to play any more tennis for a while’. So it is sad, it's a big moment. And she now is stuck at 37 wins in a row with Martina Hingis.”