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Iga Swiatek: This time I’m more ready to what’s coming after winning a Grand Slam, I’m even more ready to celebrate a little bit more The Pole talked to the press following her win over Coco Gauff in the French Open final "It feels amazing, honestly. It's so much different than after 2020 Roland Garros, because right now I feel like I'm more ready to what's coming. I feel more prepared and more, solid, because it was all pretty hectic two years ago. Right now I'm even ready to celebrate a little bit more. I think in 2020 the main thing that I felt was confusion, because I have never really believed 100% that I can actually win a Grand Slam. This time it was, pure work and pure -- I don't know. Just with everything that was going on, I'm also like more aware of how it is to win a Grand Slam and what it takes and how every puzzle has to, come together and basically every aspect of the game has to work. With that awareness, I was even more happy and even more proud of myself, because in 2020 it was all, I just felt that I'm lucky. This time I felt like I really did the work. Also this time we played in a full stadium. It was kind of easier to focus, because with the empty, almost-empty stadium, you hear your every thought basically. Here you can actually lean on the audience, and maybe sometimes if you're a little bit stressed, just let yourself hear all these things and then you're not hearing your own thoughts. So that's pretty nice. I tried to use it that way sometimes. Also, seeing Polish flags basically and knowing that people are there to support me and they are shouting my name, I mean, it's a great feeling, honestly. It's hard to describe it, but it's really giving much, much more power". On feeling the pressure as a former champion and a player on a streak "It is like basically the hardest part of the job, I would say, because you can see on Grand Slams that there are a lot of, surprises. It's not easy to cope with all that different atmosphere and the pressure, because everybody is preparing for the Grand Slam always, . Well, for me, I felt the baggage. The hardest thing is like not letting yourself think about that and overanalyze and not letting yourself think about all the numbers and the odds. I have been doing that for a few months now, and for sure, two weeks here were harder, also because you guys keep reminding me about all this stuff (smiling). But it's part of the work and I'm getting better and better at it, and that's also something that I'm proud of. I don't even know how to describe all of that, but for sure I would say the hardest thing on Grand Slam is not getting too many thoughts in your head during that day off. I felt much more, confident, kind of in the zone when I was playing day by day these two matches. For sure yesterday's day off was like the hardest part, because you can't stop thinking about the match and the opponent you are going to face. You want to keep it cool, but it's hard. I would say just having somebody who I can talk to and having that kind of supportive team was really helpful. But also, I couldn't describe all that work because in tennis it's like you have to kind of sometimes control every thought that you have in your mind, and it's hard. But, yeah, I'm getting better and better at it". On Gen Z athletes using their platform to speak out "I think it's like an individual choice. I'm also not feeling comfortable with talking about every kind of popular topic. But this one, it really, it was really emotional for me, and still is. I felt like I want people to be more aware of what's going on. I think if it's really important for us, we should maybe use our voice, because we are public figures and we have some impact. But honestly, it's not like everybody should do it, because it also brings a little bit more, pressure, because you feel like you have that impact, it can kind of mess with your performance. So I'm trying to really balance that. For sure when I became World No. 1 I felt like I have some kind of obligation to speak, but I really want to keep doing that in a smart way and maybe not too much so it's not too overwhelming. I think it's individual". On lessons she can learn from Rafael Nadal as she is a multiple Roland Garros champion too "I think the best thing I can learn from him is how he's cool about what's going on around him, . Because sometimes in our heads, I think many players are overanalyzing everything. We treat those finals as something, that's going to, if we are gonna lose suddenly, our life is bad. I feel like all these great champions, they kind of accept that they may lose. I remember even last year when Rafa lost in semifinals, I met him next day, coincidence, on the breakfast in the hotel, and I said to him that I was crying basically the whole evening because he lost. He was sitting, and he was, like, Oh, it's just a tennis match, . You win; you lose. It's normal. That's something, it's pretty easy, but not everybody can do that and just treat those big moments as another match, . That's something special. Because it seems like when he's playing and when Novak is playing, they are just, tennis players who are playing their sport and sometimes just, having fun, honestly. Facing challenges but not really thinking about the whole world. So, yeah". On her preparation for Wimbledon "I don't know. Probably, I want to stay at least a week at home, so I will do that. We have some grass court venues, like two courts probably, maybe hour and a half from Warsaw. So I don't know. I haven't talked to my coach. It's usually his decision. But I want to stay in Warsaw for a few days. That will be like the nicest thing for me because I have been on tour since, well, Fed Cup. Then I came back home for like one night. It doesn't really count. My coach believes I can win more matches on grass. I don't know about that yet. But I would like to add like one or two. Yeah, but honestly, grass is always tricky. I actually like the part that I have no expectations there. It's something kind of refreshing. I'm going to just prepare my best and maybe with his experiences that he had with Aga Radwanska, it was her favorite surface, so maybe he's going to give me some tips that are actually going to be really helpful, and I'm going to enjoy playing on grass a little bit more". Website BTU - Ukrainian Tennis - joins the fundraising to help internally displaced persons in Dnipropetrovsk Region
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