Iga Swiatek is widely considered the main favorite for the 2024 Australian Open trophy, but she downplayed expectations in a recent interview.
The Polish player had an interesting 2023 campaign, which some would say was worse than her 2022 campaign. It makes sense if you look purely at numbers, but there is always nuance there.
She came out on top after a year where many players stepped up, which was important. After all, tennis is a sport of consistency, and among many great players, Swiatek still proved to be the most consistent.
Due to that, expectations remain high. Many people expect her to win the 2024 Australian Open, but she doesn’t want to think about it to minimize pressure. She has had trouble with it in the past, and ultimately, she just wants to become a better player overall.
To be honest, most of my goals are when I look at the next year or the next season, and yet they are not related to the result, because most often I want my form to be stable for most of the season, to introduce things into my game that It wasn’t there before and I just wanted to develop as a player and for my tennis to be more varied.
Improvement as a player is important because it allows you to remain at the top. She’s not shy about admitting that and repeated it many times in the interview posted by the PZU Group on X.
Even so, she also has clearly defined goals, such as winning every Grand Slam. The Australian Open is one she’s missing right now, but there is time, as she says.
But overall, throughout my career, I would love to win every Grand Slam and without a doubt, that is the goal. But it’s not the kind of goal where I say to myself, well, it has to happen this year, right? Still, I still have some time.
Out of the two she’s missing, the Australian Open is more likely, as she was in the semi-final before. It’s an event where she’s played well before, but she dismisses talks about winning it because it brings added pressure. The goal is to play well and see what happens.
I think that the Australian Open is in some way closer in the sense that I was already there in the semi-finals, that. I know this tournament well and I feel comfortable on this surface, but as I say. For me, setting such a goal for the next month, for January, may bring a little more pressure. And I will work just as hard, regardless of whether I actually focus only on the Australian Open or not, so I rather approach it calmly.
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