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'Confident' Iga Swiatek feels 'much more comfortable' at Wimbledon than last year after Lin Zhu win

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Iga Swiatek says she feels “much more comfortable” at Wimbledon than she did last year, when «everybody was talking» about her 34-match winning streak.

Swiatek came into Wimbledon a year ago having not lost since mid-February, but was beaten in the third round in straight sets by Alize Cornet.

Ad This time around she enters the Grand Slam off the back of another French Open win, but also a first grass quarter-final in Bad Homburg.

WimbledonSwiatek makes positive start with straight-sets win over Zhu4 HOURS AGO The world No. 1 looked impressive as she started her Wimbledon campaign with a straight-sets victory over Zhu Lin on Court One. “The thing is that last year I just felt like I still have this streak going,” she explained afterwards. “After Roland-Garros, kind of everybody was talking about that.

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