Swiatek keeps her expectations low as she approaches Wimbledon title defence

June 27 : Defending champion Iga Swiatek said she was keeping her expectations in check as she prepared for Wimbledon, acknowledging the tournament’s recent habit of failing to produce back-to-back women’s singles champions.

With nine different winners in the last 10 editions at the All England Club, the six-times Grand Slam title winner said she did not know why repeating success on grass had proved so difficult, even for established majors champions.

"For sure it's a tournament that creates maybe different challenges when you come back as the defending champion because of the whole thing that is happening around it," Swiatek told reporters on Saturday.

"I think there were players that won this tournament that already have won many tournaments and Grand Slams. Why particularly it's hard to repeat that, I have no idea."

The Polish player claimed her maiden Wimbledon crown last year in emphatic style, crushing American Amanda Anisimova 6-0 6-0 in the final, but has struggled to replicate that dominance in recent months.

Her season has been marked by inconsistency, with quarter-final exits at the Australian Open, Qatar and Indian Wells, followed by a shock second-round loss to compatriot Magda Linette in Miami. That defeat prompted a coaching change, with Swiatek replacing Wim Fissette with Francisco Roig.

The biggest setback came at Roland Garros, where the four-time champion suffered a surprise fourth-round exit to Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk.

Her grasscourt preparations have also been underwhelming, losing to Emma Navarro in the last 16 at Bad Homburg where she was top seed, leaving her with questions to answer ahead of her Wimbledon defence.

"I feel like I'm starting from a totally different position and I'm really in a place that