Iga Swiatek: The 21-year-old who could break Serena Williams’ record winning streak

“That form of perspective of simply wanting ahead, not considering what’s already occurred actually helped me as a result of I am additionally saving power by not doing that. I am fairly pleased with myself,” she added.

Although it is not at all times plain crusing for Swiatek, whose profitable streak was below menace on the French Open on Monday.

Zheng, 19, seemed on monitor for a serious upset when she claimed the opener in a tiebreak earlier than Swiatek took management to win 6-7(5) 6-0 6-2 for her thirty second straight victory.

“It wasn’t simple to search out options and to search out different techniques and do one thing in a different way, as a result of I wasn’t certain what I used to be doing flawed,” she stated.

“That is not the primary time. I am at all times singing one thing,” she revealed.

A household custom

Sport runs by means of Swiatek’s household, together with her father rowing for Poland on the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

“I believe we’re at all times targeted on work due to him, as a result of he had excessive expectations that we had been going to get good grades and we had been going to have good practices,” she beforehand informed CNN.

“Generally these expectations will not be a very good factor as a result of they’re strain for a kid, however in my case, I believe it actually helped me as a result of I discovered be skilled.

“My sister obtained injured when she was 15 and he or she stopped enjoying tennis, however she has an amazing mind and he or she is learning very well so I believe we’re each going to achieve success.”

Swiatek’s dominance comes at a time when there isn’t a clear challenger to her profitable streak.

Ashleigh Barty, who was dominant on each floor having gained Wimbledon, the French Open, and the Australian Open, abruptly retired from tennis earlier this yr at 25.

Victory within the French capital would additionally make Swiatek the primary lady to win six consecutive tournaments since Justine Henin did so between 2007 and 2008.

“However I am attempting to simply accept that the streak sometime goes to complete. It is bodily and mentally exhausting to maintain doing the identical job each week as a result of we’re additionally people.

“So I am simply going to attempt to discover somewhat bit extra distance to it and simply deal with the grand slam as every other event and perhaps having fun with what’s round somewhat bit extra — having fun with that now we have sooner or later off between matches as a result of right here it was fairly intense and I did not even get to see Rome. So in Paris, I hope it’ll be totally different.”