Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek type energy duo by teaming up at US Open

Swiatek has discovered the going considerably harder after dropping at SW19 within the semi-finals, and the Pole says she’s going to take what she realized from final yr’s match to assist put together for her title defence.

“That’s a tough question because on one hand you always want to kind of take experience from last year, find all these positive things that happened, take strength from that,” Swiatek mentioned.

“On the other hand you have to remember that it’s totally different story. A lot can happen during like these 12 months. So I try to, yeah, take everything step by step, not really go forward with my thoughts, think that I need to do something more because last year I won.

“Remembering this is a totally different chapter always help. I also want to kind of just take a lesson from last year. I learned a lot during US Open. This was probably the most important tournament in terms of me believing in myself and progressing on hard courts. I’ll try to just focus on that. As I said, yeah, take everything step by step.”