"It's really inspiring" says Iga Swiatek about practice with Ashleigh Barty

The young Polish player has had spectacular moments on the tennis courts in her very young career but as any young player consistency will be key for Swiatek. She will also need to improve her all-around game and to do so she enlisted Ashleigh Barty for a practice session. On it she said:

"It's really inspiring. Practising with Ash is different because you can see her mentality and the way she treats things. When she makes a mistake, she's not frustrated. She doesn't seem to. Even when she is frustrated she uses it to play better and better."

Swiatek admitted that she is trying to emulate some of the things Barty does saying:

"So I'm trying to learn from her. I think I need a few more years to understand completely how to get there. But she's a great player to watch and take some lessons from her."

Swiatek also admitted that practising with top players make her feel like an underdog which she likes:

"But I can see that with top players, it's back to normal, back to one year ago when I was still an underdog, back when it was easier. It was nice to have that feeling again. But it would be nicer to learn how to play as not an underdog. I'm giving myself time."