{"id":196010,"date":"2025-09-03T05:27:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T05:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/196010\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T05:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T05:27:16","slug":"iga-swiatek-explains-what-she-finds-harder-about-playing-at-the-us-open-compared-to-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/196010\/","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek explains what she finds ‘harder’ about playing at the US Open compared to Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iga Swiatek is continuing to win at the US Open, despite finding some things challenging about the New York major.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swiatek has enjoyed some dominant US Open wins<\/a> in her career, including over her best friend, and she continued that sort of form after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6-3 6-1.<\/p>\n

This was a much more impressive performance from Swiatek, who struggled in her two previous matches at the US Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite her comprehensive victory, Swiatek<\/a> has revealed that she finds certain things more challenging at the US Open<\/a> compared to Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"IgaPhoto by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesIga Swiatek says she finds the crowds at the US Open \u2018harder\u2019 than at Wimbledon<\/p>\n

Swiatek is a six-time Grand Slam champion, with four of those major title victories coming at Roland Garros<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Pole won her most recent major on grass, with Swiatek winning Wimbledon for the first time<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n

Swiatek is also a former US Open champion, having won the title in 2022, but explained in her post-match press conference that she finds it harder to focus more in New York with the crowd noise and the bright lights.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, for sure it\u2019s harder to focus, and the sensation is different and it\u2019s harder to be in your bubble,\u201d said Swiatek.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the other hand, like, honestly, if I\u2019m gonna actually be in my bubble, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll hear anything, so it just depends on how a day and on how I how I do this and how I do the work, like in my head mentally to ignore all these sounds, but yeah, it\u2019s a totally different experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven like with the introduction before the match, at Wimbledon you don\u2019t have it, but here, like, you know, suddenly everybody\u2019s reminded you how much you won.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then the screens, you know, at the stadium, sometimes, like, you see the lights during the point and it\u2019s different, for sure, it\u2019s a totally different experience. It\u2019s harder here, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amanda Anisimova \u2018excited\u2019 for rematch with Iga Swiatek at the US Open<\/p>\n

There will be a Wimbledon feel to Swiatek\u2019s quarterfinal match at the US Open, as she will play American Amanda Anisimova<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Swiatek beat Anisimova 6-0 6-0 in the Wimbledon final<\/a>, making it the first time a player had not won a game in a major final since 1988.<\/p>\n

Despite the heartbreaking experience for Anisimova at Wimbledon, she actually revealed in her on-court interview after beating Beatriz Haddad Maia that she was looking forward to playing Swiatek again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho would have thought we would be meeting again so soon,\u201d said Anisimova. \u201cI\u2019m just super excited, and it\u2019s going to be a great match, I hope, this time (laughs).<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m feeling good, and she is playing some great tennis. So, I really hope that we put on a great performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swiatek will play Anisimova for a place in the US Open semifinals on Wednesday, September 3.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what she achieves in New York this year, Swiatek cannot overtake Aryna Sabalenka as world number one<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek is continuing to win at the US Open, despite finding some things challenging about the New…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[22298,62,1464,67,132,68,10118,2071,2212],"class_list":{"0":"post-196010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-iga-swiatek","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-tennis","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-us-open","15":"tag-wimbledon","16":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115138713628094398","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}