Stuck in my mistakes": Swiatek explains her Beijing collapse

Jules Hypolite

le 01/10/2025 à 19h06

1 min to read

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The Beijing nightmare: Swiatek, overwhelmed in the final set, admits she mentally collapsed against Navarro despite an encouraging second set.

A surprising elimination in the Chinese capital. Iga Swiatek, world No. 2, fell in the round of 16 of this WTA 1000 tournament against Emma Navarro after suffering a crushing 6-0 in the decisive set (6-4, 4-6, 6-0).

Facing journalists, the Wimbledon champion admitted falling back into her old habits in the final set:

"I'm not injured (in response to the journalist's question). I just played poorly today. I managed to work on my mistakes in the second set. But in the third set, those mistakes from the beginning of the match came back.

I wasn't able to fix the shots I wasn't executing well. I more or less knew what I was doing wrong. I don't know, I feel like I was stuck in that bad way of doing things rather than solving them.

So yes, I was a bit more nervous because of that and there were maybe a bit too many emotions too. I'll try to stay calm next time. That will free up space in my head to solve these problems. Honestly, I felt like nothing was working. That's why I became more and more nervous.