Swiatek Explains Reasoning Behind ‘Different’ Preparation For Wimbledon This Year

Swiatek generally tries to play at least one event before Wimbledon to get a feel for the grass and test herself on the surface. She often doesn’t have extensive preparation because, most of the time, she’s one of the last players to leave Paris due to how well she plays at Roland Garros.

This year was no exception, as she won the clay-court major again, so her preparation for Wimbledon required a slightly different approach. She didn’t play any warm-up WTA tournaments but practiced on the grass in Poland for a while.

Then she came early to London to feel the grass she was going to play on, and she’s glad that she did because the grass in London and the one in Poland are very different.

In the press conference, she admitted that she could have played a tournament, but with the number of matches she played in the first part of this season, it didn’t make sense for her to push herself.

Practicing this past week in London helped her to find her rhythm, which will be the most important part of trying to succeed at SW19.

Despite her obvious struggles on the surface, as the top seed, she’s among the tournament favorites, and even many former players and pundits back her to do well on the low-bouncing grass courts despite her inability to produce good results on the surface.