Iga Swiatek believes she is able to pulling off a Rafael Nadal and successful on all surfaces so she ends one for all of the narrative that she is just clay-dominant.
As you in all probability know, the Pole’s first Grand Slam title got here on the 2020 French Open – and now on the age of 23 – she is a four-time winner at Roland Garros.
Because it stands now, the present world No. 2 will simply break Chris Evert’s all-time document of seven French Open titles.
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However exterior the Parisian Slam, Swiatek has solely had one triumph – she made all of it the best way on the 2022 US Open.
On the Australian Open, the Polish tennis star is a two-time semifinalist whereas Wimbledon stays the one Slam the place she hasn’t made it previous the quarterfinal stage.
Each time the 23-year-old fails to land a Grand Slam exterior the French Open, her critics and doubters use that as an argument for his or her declare that she will’t win exterior clay.
Swiatek: It was the identical with Nadal… I’ve my weapons
“It was the same with Rafa. Everybody always talked about clay, but like he’s the GOAT (greatest of all time) basically on every surface,” the five-time Major winner told The Athletic.
“Also winning Wimbledon twice. Not every player can have these results on even one surface.
“This is something that people are focusing on, and I am talking about this as well, because clay is where I have the most fun, but I love hard courts as well.
“And I feel like I have my weapons and I can use them. I want to be an all surface player for sure.”
Throughout his profession, 14 of Nadal’s 22 Slams got here on the French Open – triumphed on the US Open 4 instances and gained every Wimbledon and the US Open twice.
In the meantime, Swiatek truly has extra titles on arduous (12) than on clay (10).
For this 12 months, one of many extra attention-grabbing issues can be to see if the Pole can lastly win her first title on grass and probably make her first large Wimbledon breakthrough.
