Iga Swiatek suffered a shock loss on the 2024 Australian Open, dropping within the third spherical to Linda Noskova.
The World No. 1 took the opening set 6-3 and appeared on the right track to achieve the second week in Melbourne. The Czech teenager, nevertheless, confirmed phenomenal resistance after that, taking the subsequent two units 6-3, 6-4 to tug off the most important upset within the event but.
Talking at her post-match press convention, Iga Swiatek was requested to explain how she was “feeling” in regards to the defeat. The 22-year-old laughed it off, remarking that it was not crucial for the press to know how she felt instantly afterwards.
The four-time Grand Slam champion maintained that she didn’t come into the event anticipating quite a bit, as she had needed to only put in her greatest work and play the sport she got here out to play.
To that impact, Swiatek was glad with how the match unfolded, including that she is going to analyze the loss along with her crew later and see the place she may have performed higher.
“Why do you need to understand? Sometimes I don’t even understand, so I don’t know if you will. I mean, as I said, I really wasn’t expecting a lot. I just tried to do the best kind of work possible. I felt today that, okay, I wasn’t playing my best game, and I had many things that didn’t work on previous rounds. I felt actually today that I’m playing little bit better,” Iga Swiatek stated.
“I kind of took care of everything that I wanted to. I just feel like I need to analyze and see what I’ve done wrong. Sometimes I felt that I’m doing things wrong even during the game, but it was kind of too late to change that because I already lost the point,” she added.
“I have kind of no regrets” – Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek went on to proclaim that she is going to reset as quickly as potential and concentrate on the upcoming tournaments, recalling how she needed to do the identical final 12 months after dropping within the fourth spherical again then.
The World No. 1 additionally made it clear that she had “no regrets” in regards to the loss, even when she admitted that she wished she may have performed higher on the Australian Open.
“Well, I just feel like, I don’t know, I lost but I’m going to have more tournaments. I remember just last year getting back to work. I could reset and just focus on next tournaments. So I’m going to do the same this year,” Iga Swiatek stated.
“Still I know that I did everything I could to try to make it work. Technically it didn’t work. But I know I did everything I could. I have kind of no regrets. For sure I wish I could have played a little bit better in this tournament,” she added.
