Swiatek on change of mindset in recent surge: "I'm trying to only look on the positives"

Iga Swiatek defeated Daria Kasatkina comfortably in Melbourne to raech the 4th round of the Australian Open and after the match she expressed relief.

Swiatek is one the few players that has had consistent performances at grand slams. The Polish player had an active 4th round streak before the Australian and she kept it alive today with this win. After the match she admitted to doubting herself a bit:

"I'm aware, and that gave me a little bit of doubt before the match. That was another thing that I had to overcome, because I wanted to at least do the same result as I did in previous years. But it's not a good way to focus on that. I am pretty proud that today I could overcome that attitude of looking to my past achievement. Because right now I'm kind of in a different tennis life. I switched my coach, I'm focusing on different stuff, and I'm trying to only look on the positives and on what's going to be forward."

On the match itself Swiatek admitted it was an intense one where her tactics prevailed:

"For sure, that was really intense match. I feel like I'm playing better and better every match, so that's positive. Tactically, I did a pretty good job of not letting her use her topspin on the forehand, and I'm glad that I was the first one to switch the direction maybe to the line so I could have more initiative."