By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_now | Thursday, May 1, 2025
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In the middle of the second group, a detachment IgA swiatek slammed a ball lost from the red clay in an outbreak of the disappointment of the day.
Coco gafff Extracting the ball blocking in a 6-1, 6-1 breaking of the Swiattek defense champion to load on her girls Mutua Madrid Open.
Playing for her first final since she won Roland Garros last June, Swiatek honestly confessed “everything kind of collapsed” in a overwhelming loss.
“I didn’t play well even in these matches I won. I think I pushed the kind with my head for more than I like, wisely,” Swiatek told Madrid afterwards. “Today surely everything collapsed, you know, both tennis and I feel like I wasn’t even in the right place with my feet in front of the shooting.
“So I wish I had moved better because I think it would take me any opportunity to dance again, because this is usually what happens. But today, yes, I probably didn’t move well.”
Generally, the second -rank swiate had dominated Gauff by winning 11 of their previous meetings, including the inclusion of all the 10 groups they had played in Clay. In fact, before the distribution of today’s beating, Gauff managed to win more than five games in a clay court only once in their rivalry and that came to a 7-6 (3), 6-3 loss in their meeting of girls in Rome’s semifinals 2021.
21-year-old Gauff was almost perfect in the service: she slammed seven Aces, including some Aces who finished the game, won 19 of the first service points and did not face a resting point.
The biggest stunner in this boredom was Gauffly stood to legs with swiates in front exchanges and defeated royal champion Roland Garros in mistakes.
It was as if Swiatte did not believe that she could depend on prolonged rallies. When she tried to change the direction below the line, the second seed often found crippling in place. Swiatek distributed 21 unprecedented mistakes, while Gauff made only four first mistakes.
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Scratching under the outcome line and consider that Swiatek is facing some serious challenges on many fronts. She has not reached a final in 11 months, she is feeling the pressure of protecting 4,000 ranking points with protecting her title Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros, powerful Topi strikers including Gauff, Nemesis residue, Mirria Andva AND Madison Keys They are treating her second service with contempt and she has not found her groove still with coach Wim fissette.
In today’s oppressor after the match, Swiatte revealed some of him stress-and complete confusion-reconciling she did not have a plan B.
“Surely I feel like I didn’t move well and, you know, the tennis was also both in and out, you know, for most of the tournament,” Swiatek said. “So I wasn’t really sure what I have in my tool box, you know, but yes, surely, like I didn’t even have a plan B because nothing was working today, so, yes.”
Playing with the weight of the world on her shoulders and 4,000 points of ranking hanging over her head, Swiatek said she should shake stress and find her feet during this important protection title.
“Surely I feel heavy, and you are like to force everything instead of going from some kind of intuition and in yourself,” said Swiatek. “Because I know how I could move, and I usually didn’t have to think too much about it. But for the last few weeks it has not been so easy.
“I have been like forcing myself to go below, be more accurate with my feet because you are not going on myself. So hopefully one day it will click, but I am not waiting for anything, I will simply try to work for it.”
