French Open: Keeping things simple is Iga Swiatek's mantra

Not letting yourself overanalyze is the hardest thing, says red-hot PolePARIS: Iga Swiatek was in full flight at Roland Garros this fortnight. Wings spread and soaring. Pressure? The wind beneath her wings perhaps. Swiatek, the world No. 1 who is riding tennis' hottest wave with 35 successive wins, the most in the women's game since 2000, won titles in Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart, Rome and now the French Open in Paris. The 21-year-old, with a growing endorsement portfolio is the game's poster girl for proficiency.

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Swiatek’s 6-1, 6-3 victory on Saturday, achieved in about the time a feature film breaks for interval, extended her winning streak to 35 matches, equaling Venus Williams for the longest run since 2000. The Pole added Roland Garros to the titles she won this season at Doha, Indian Wells, Miami,

Swiatek, who walked into a packed press room in the lower bowels of Roland Garros, wasn't indifferent to the numbers, but the applause surprised her. "I felt the baggage," Swiatek acknowledged. "The hardest thing is not letting yourself overanalyze, not letting yourself think about all the numbers. I have been trying to do that for a few months now, these two weeks here were harder, but I'm getting better and better at it." Swiatek may be into keeping things simple, but it also is who she is - remarkably uncomplicated. Especially for a champion. Overthinking is the enemy. "I think many players are overanalyzing. We treat those finals as something, that if we are gonna lose our life is bad," she said, adding, "All these great champions, they kind of accept that they may lose." Swiatek ran into her idol Rafael Nadal at