I may have thought too much about the world No. 1 spot at the beginning of the year," reveals Swiatek
Iga Swiatek lost her world No. 1 ranking in October 2024. During a press conference in Beijing, a journalist asked the Polish player if this had changed her behavior.
In her response, the four-time Roland-Garros champion made a revelation: "I'm not a different person because I'm No. 2. I don't behave differently because I'm No. 2.
I don't think about it every day. I don't particularly think about it during matches, when I have work to do. I think maybe I'm different because I'm older or more experienced.
But the ranking has nothing to do with that, I would say. Okay, there are tournaments where I might have felt, at the beginning of the year, when I posted that explanation on Instagram, that I was perhaps thinking a bit too much about the No. 1 spot.
But yes, it's just a moment or a few weeks. In my opinion, your on-court personality will never change because of something like that, because that would be weird. It would have too much impact on you and it wouldn't be healthy, I suppose.
Pékin 
