‘Tournament was pretty hard for me physically’ – Iga Swiatek just wants to ‘chill out’ following trophy run

Last week, Iga Swiatek won her first title of 2022 as she beat Anett Kontaveit in straight sets to win the Qatar Open.

The new World number four wrapped up the victory in just over one hour to claim her fourth WTA singles title. After an impressive 2022 thus far, with semi finals runs in both the Australian Open and the Adelaide International as well as the title win in Qatar, the Polish number one has now focused on her physical and mental recovery ahead of the Indian Wells Masters later this week.

“I’m not an expert on celebrating, maybe the celebration is actually not thinking about tennis in our lives that I think we have to cut everything off sometimes. So I’m going to have a few days when I’m going to see my friends, I’m going to use my driving license finally and drive the car in Warsaw a little bit, I just want to chill out, I’m not the kind of person who’s going to go to a party or something.”

“I want to basically also physically come back fresh, this tournament was pretty hard for me physically – even though I played just two sets, I felt like this aggressive game is really intense for my body.” she said after her victory in Qatar.

The 20 year old Iga Swiatek will be hoping to maintain her good form ahead of the Indian Wells Masters and advance beyond the last sixteen for the first time. The Indian Wells Masters, commonly referred to as the ‘fifth Grand Slam’ is set to commence on the 7th March.

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