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Iga Swiatek: "I feel like I’m playing better every match and my game is getting more solid" The Pole talked to the media following her 6-2, 6-1 win over Daria Kasatkina in a semi-final of Roland Garros On reaching the final and lowering her expectations For sure I'm even more happy with the performance than after the previous match, because I feel like my game is getting more and more solid. I can really loosen up when I'm getting advantage and when I'm having a break, so that's great. I feel like I'm playing better every match. It was extremely difficult to try to low down my expectations, and it didn't work at the beginning. So for sure when I got past some difficult situations, as I was saying before, it got a little bit easier, because I felt like I had already done like the minimum job that I was thinking I could do here. And, yeah, I couldn't get rid of the expectations like fully, but I tried to accept that, that they are going to be there and it's going to stress me a little bit more. Kind of lean on just the physical or the technical part of tennis that I have skills actually even when I'm a little bit more stressed to win matches, and that really helped me during the fourth-round match. After that, I felt like I can really loosen up a little bit more, because I already did at least what I have done last year. On how Coco Gauff has handled everything she's done so far at such a young age For sure I'm pretty happy that she's doing well, because I think she's also had huge amount of pressure in her life, and being always like the youngest one and the one that is supposed to be the future, it must have been tough. I'm happy that she's doing well with that, because I'm sure that it took her a lot of energy to do it properly. But, you know, I can't really judge, because I don't know what's going on there inside. You never know basically. So from what I see on court, she's developing every year basically. And, yeah, when I see her, I tend to forget that she's 18, you know. She's playing really consistent. She has consistent results kind of. You can see her progressing, and I think that's the most important thing. On one thing she loves the most about her tennis life and this sport Well, it's hard to say. For sure I like winning. That's kind of obvious. Maybe that feeling after the match that you were physically stronger, and the feeling after some long rallies that it was possible for me to finish with a nice stroke. When I already felt like my legs are burning and I was sure my opponent's legs are burning, I could still go low and just play really solid game, that's kind of satisfying. Because you can feel that all those practices were worth it. I would say when I learned how to also improve during tournaments and how to loosen up during tournaments, I think it's pretty great, because the beginnings are tough. But for sure here I feel better and better every match, so I hope it's going to stay that way. But it's a nice feeling to have, because usually, it's sometimes the opposite for other players when they are going to higher rounds they are more stressed, and I'm working pretty hard at the beginning to avoid that. On her favorite music to pump herself up before a match There are a few bands that I listen to before a match. Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Guns N' Roses, they were always the three that were really kind of perfect for the situation. So I use music to kind of have something that's going to get my brain busy and relaxed before the match. But also when I want to be more energetic, it really helps me. Website BTU - Ukrainian Tennis - joins the fundraising to help internally displaced persons in Dnipropetrovsk Region
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