Iga Swiatek is yet to win a title in 2025 and now searches for confidence in Madrid ahead of a triple header of title defences.
Although it’s been a consistent season for the Pole, the world number two has found silverware hard to come by.
It’s one of those rare occasions where Swiatek enters Madrid without a title with her Grand Slam ambitions and credentials being tested.
A sketchy season has been produced by Swiatek who will be hoping the clay court season can be the turnaround she desperately needs.
After her revenge win over Alexandra Eala Swiatek reflected on her opening win over the Philippine wildcard, “Well, I don’t know exactly, because I felt like I was making too many errors from everything, so there wasn’t like one specific adjustment,” Swiatek said in her press conference.
“For sure I wanted to keep my margins and play a little bit more safe, to just play more balls in because I was making some unforced errors that weren’t really necessary. So, yeah, but for sure, like, yesterday you asked me how different the game is going to be, and for sure, like, on clay I feel like I have a little bit more advantage sometimes in the situations, where Alexandra could, you know, take more advantage on faster hard courts.”
It’s clear Swiatek is out of confidence as she starts the first of three title defences with the other two coming at Rome and Roland Garros.
Speaking about her underwhelming form Swiatek admits the confidence has been hard to come by, “Yeah, well, it wasn’t easy, and it wasn’t, you know, positive always, because obviously, as you said, I know how I can play, and for sure I wasn’t playing my game,” the former world number one said of her opening win in Madrid.
“But honestly, like, I don’t know, just last weeks haven’t been easy overall, so I’m just trying to kind of take it easy sometimes, and just look only at the next point, you know. Just trying to find some confidence and, you know, just not, I don’t know, not like kill myself with these thoughts about the previous games and previous points.
“Because, yeah, like, I am missing a lot, but there’s no point in going over again with my mind about it. I know that I’m close to finding my nice rhythm. For sure, like I feel like I was close in Stuttgart. Here I came, you know, I also had some other stuff going on. So I’m just going to try to like focus only on the next point and that’s it.”
Swiatek will continue her bid for confidence in the third round against Linda Noskova on Saturday.
