Swiatek to skip tournaments after Australian Open | Sports News

Iga Swiatek has as soon as again revealed her intentions to skip some of the game’s most important tournaments – even when it means dealing with penalties. The world No.2 endured a 7-5 6-1 loss to Elena Rybakina within the Australian Open quarter-finals and acknowledged that she did not have ample time to adapt to the modifications she carried out during the low season.

Swiatek has beforehand confronted sanctions for lacking some obligatory WTA 1000 and 500 tournaments, having factors deducted from her rating towards the top of the 2024 and 2025 seasons. In 2024, this even resulted in her dropping the world No.1 place to Aryna Sabalenka.

However, the Polish star now believes that she is going to need to withdraw from some of the key occasions if she needs to proceed developing her approach.

“There are some stuff on the serve that I want to change, and I already changed that in the pre-season, but then, you know, matches come, and you don’t have that much time to, like, think about this. You don’t want to think about these kind of details when you play,” Swiatek mentioned after dropping to Rybakina, reviews The Express UK.

“So then it comes back to the old patterns, you know. So basically, yeah, I’ll focus on that. I’ll see from there, because for sure, there are some stuff that I can change to play better, and I’ll try to do that in next weeks and months.”

Asked whether or not she’d take time off to put in these hours on the follow courtroom, the six-time Major winner responded: “Yeah, I don’t feel it’s possible to do that, you know, in the short period of time that we have between tournaments. So last year I had trouble with making this kind of decision, but this year I’m trying to change my approach. So I think, for sure, we’ll skip some 1000 tournaments.

“I used to be by no means on this place, so I do not know what the outcome can be, however I believe it is necessary, as a result of if you would like to improve your sport, until I need to keep, like, the identical and simply put together for each event, then I can try this as effectively. I’ll play effectively, but when I need to improve one thing, it is going to be good to have some time. Unfortunately, calendar does not give that.”

This isn’t the first occasion Swiatek has acknowledged that she will need to violate the WTA’s regulations and miss required events, including the premier 1000-point tournaments, to rest and develop her game.

At last year’s China Open, the world No. 2 stated: “I do not know but how my profession can be in a couple of years. Perhaps I’ll have to select some tournaments and skip them, even when they’re obligatory. The WTA has made this a insanity with all these obligatory guidelines.

“It’s impossible to fit everything in the calendar. I don’t think any elite player can manage it. We have to be smart, not worry too much about the rules and just think about what is healthy for us. It’s tough.”