Defending champion Iga Swiatek said she was keeping her expectations in check as she prepared for Wimbledon, acknowledging the tournament’s recent habit of failing to produce back-to-back women’s singles champions.
Challenges of Repeating Success
With nine different winners in the last 10 editions at the All England Club, the six-times Grand Slam title winner said she did not know why repeating success on grass had proved so difficult, even for established majors champions.
Swiatek claimed her maiden Wimbledon crown last year in emphatic style, crushing American Amanda Anisimova 6-0 6-0 in the final, but has struggled to replicate that dominance in recent months.
Her season has been marked by inconsistency, with quarter-final exits at the Australian Open, Qatar and Indian Wells, followed by a shock second-round loss to compatriot Magda Linette in Miami.
Seeded third this year, Swiatek will open her campaign against American Taylor Townsend on Tuesday and said she hopes to build momentum as the tournament progresses.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
