"She's a human. I think that she's showing certain weaknesses in terms of mentality, certain frustrations" Wilander on Swiatek's potential dominance
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Iga Swiatek has been very dominant in the past year or so but former player Mats Wilander doesn't see her dominating the sport the same way Serena Williams did.
Comparing players with Serena Williams is never a good idea because most are simply not at that level. The best player of all time is not something that comes around all too often but Swiatek's dominance last year at times did resemble the dominance Williams showed at times in her career.
Discussing Swiatek, Wilander said:
"I think kind of the other way of what people are saying. I think it's great for Iga to not be carrying around this pressure of being this next Graf or Serena that's going to just dominate on all the different surfaces. Maybe she will struggle on the grass court, maybe struggle on a fast hard court, maybe against one style of player that can hit the ball hard.
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Further, on Iga from Wilander:
"I think the best thing for Swiatek is to be able to approach every surface, every match in the way that she always has, which is 'it's about Iga, but it's also about my opponent, and I know that I'm one of the best players in the world, but nothing is taken for granted. I've got to show up'. I think when she plays really well, we tend to think about things that are way too big for someone as young as Iga."
And more:
"She's a great player, she's a great champion, she's going to win lots of Grand Slams in my book. But she's a human. I think that she's showing certain weaknesses in terms of mentality, certain frustrations, and if she doesn't show that, she wouldn't be the player that she is. So I think everything is very healthy for her. It's just clear there's a style of player that she will have to look out for on certain speed hard courts, and those players are very consistent and hit the ball very hard from both sides. That's her worry."
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