“This year I feel much more calm” - Iga Swiatek looks ahead to Roland Garros as tournament favourite

Iga Swiatek is relishing the opportunity to compete at the French Open as the favourite, and has admitted she feels “much more calm” at the prospect of challenging for the tournament she won in 2020. The 20-year-old is unbeaten since February — a run that has stretched to 28 matches — tasted victory in the WTA 1000 tournament on clay courts in Rome earlier this month, her fifth consecutive success following wins at the same rank events in Doha, Indian Wells and Miami, and at the WTA 500 in Stuttgart. Ad/> Ahead of the upcoming Roland Garros — where she was knocked out at the quarter-final stage last year by Maria Sakkari — Swiatek has revealed she “feels special” at the courts in Paris.

Roland-GarrosHenman tips Nadal as 'slight favourite' for French Open if foot is fine2 HOURS AGO “I am definitely thinking about the atmosphere on the courts,” she told Eurosport. “I always love to come here and I often remember my first Junior Grand Slam, which was a great experience. Then I actually decided that this is the life I would like to have and I will devote a lot to be the top participant of the series.

That's why Roland Garros is a breakthrough tournament for me, where I learned a lot. It’s been two years since her first major triumph, where she was ranked 54th in the world at the time, but the new world No.1 — and youngest player ranked in the top ten — admitted there’s a different feel to the tournament going in as the favourite. /> “I am glad that I can use all my experiences.

The fact that I already scored so many points makes me already have a good season and I don't feel so much pressure when it comes to the result. I would like to continue the work that I have been doing and that is what I will focus on. There is a