'Want to be open-minded': Swiatek plays down pressure ahead of grass swing

World No1 Iga Swiatek admitted that she remains openminded about her prospects at Wimbledon and still has to learn a lot before commencing her campaign on grass this summerSince the beginning of 2022 Swiatek has established herself as the dominant force on the WTA Tour and she further solidified her position by clinching her fourth Grand Slam title at the French OpenThe 22yearold who won the Wimbledon junior title in 2018 has limited experience on grass which is evident in her modest 65 winloss record on the surface in main draw matches at the tour level Her best Wimbledon result was a fourthround showing in 2021Also Read French Open Iga Swiatek steamrolls into Round of 16As the Pole begins her 64th consecutive week as the world No1 on Monday she can approach the grass season with a reduced burden of pressure on her shouldersBasically before every grasscourt season I just want to keep being openminded and just learn a lot I feel like there is maybe a little bit less pressure but on the other hand when I just go on the court I feel like I know how I can play tennis and I know how I can play on other surfacesOn grass sometimes its tougher and I still have to learn a lot but I just feel like youre going to go on court and not play the way you should or the way you could so this thing is adding more pressure But I would say that the pressure from the outside yes its maybe a little bit less it depends on you guys and what questions you ask Swiatek told Arab NewsSwiatek is scheduled to play in the WTA event in Bad Homburg Germany which begins on June 26 in a bid to get some extra time on the surface before heading to southwest LondonMaybe theres going to be a chance to play more matches But Im pretty sure that still when Im going to play these matches Im going to feel a little bit uncomfortable But I also trust that every year Im going to learn more and more and Im going to progress anyway But its a short season only three weeks so the challenge is tough she saidThe Pole became world No 1 in April 2022 following Ashleigh Bartys retirement and this week she has equalled Simona Haleps record tying her for the 11th place on the WTA leaderboard for the most weeks spent at the top of the rankingsIn the previous season Swiatek appeared to be unbeatable However she has not been as dominant this year as players like Australian Open winner Sabalenka and reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina have raised the bar and made a strong case for the emergence of a Big Three in womens tennisI would say at the beginning of the season this year I felt like in Australia I should play better as a world No1 and reach further rounds and it wasnt easy for me back then to cut it out and just play the game of tennis and enjoy itLast year I didnt really feel like I was being chased because I felt like all the things that are happening were so new that I was just focusing on achieving Thats what I also tried to do after Australia this year and I think its workingEven though the difference in points is smaller between myself and the world No2 I feel like its a great achievement for me to keep a consistent level with all that pressure Because there is pressure and you can see it on social media and everything the fourtime Grand Slam winner saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever