United Cup: World No.1 Iga Swiatek needs to give attention to future as an alternative of resting on 2022 laurels

Iga Swiatek stated that she needs to give attention to the longer term as an alternative of resting on 2022 success. The world primary received the French Open and the US Open this 12 months.

New Delhi ,UPDATED: Dec 29, 2022 20:32 IST

Iga Swiatek received the French Open and US Open in 2022. (AP Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: World primary Iga Swiatek had a memorable season however she needs to give attention to the longer term as an alternative of resting on the 2022 laurels.

Swiatek achieved rank one following the retirement of Ash Barty on the age of 25. The Polish star Swiatek lived as much as her career-best rating as she reclaimed her French Open title and received her maiden US Open trophy this 12 months.

However, the Pole burdened that she doesn’t wish to maintain onto her 2022 success.

“I am going to try to kind of cut off everything that happened last year and just focus on the future, because I feel like I can take a lot of experience from these tournaments last year,” Swiatek stated on the sidelines of the United Cup.

“But I don’t want to really like hold on to that too much, because I want to go forward and kind of focus on my next goals. For sure all these press conferences are going to kind of remind me of everything, but my goal is to just focus on the future and try to improve as a tennis player.”

Swiatek is in Australia to compete within the inaugural version of the United Cup, which is a joint ATP and WTA occasion. The match sees 18 nations in a mixed-team competitors throughout Sydney, Brisbane and Perth from December 29 to January 8.

Each host metropolis will function two teams of three nations, competing in a round-robin format. And every tie will comprise two males’s and two ladies’s singles matches and one combined doubles match to be performed throughout two days. Three metropolis champions will progress to the semi-finals in Sydney, together with the next-best performing workforce from the group stage.

Poland’s Swiatek will play towards Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in her opening match on December 31.

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Dec 29, 2022