By Joanna Plucinska
WARSAW (Reuters) – Iga Swiatek’s unimaginable run to the French Open ultimate has taken the tennis world by storm however her one one that shouldn’t be stunned is her coach Piotr Sierzputowski.
The music-loving 19-year-old has dropped solely 23 video games en path to the ultimate the place she’s going to face American Sofia Kenin who in February claimed the Australian Open crown.
If Swiatek prevails she’s going to turn into the youngest participant to raise the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since Monica Seles in 1992.
“It is not like she received to the place she is by likelihood,” Sierzputowski advised Reuters.
“She could also be 19, however she has been engaged on this for a really very long time fairly rigorously and he or she been making secure progress for a few years.”
Whereas her coach described Swiatek as “a beast” on courtroom earlier this week after she destroyed prime seed Simona Halep within the fourth spherical, he says off the courtroom she is only a common teenager, learning and listening to music.
He even stated this week she finds practise classes boring, however it’s her normality that permits her to play so freely on the courtroom in huge matches.
“She listens to the likes of Weapons N’ Roses and we even went to a Florence and the Machine live performance throughout a visit to play the Australian Open,” Sierzputowski stated.
Swiatek is the primary Polish girl to succeed in the Roland Garros ultimate in 81 years and the primary at any main since Agnieszka Radwanska at Wimbledon eight years in the past.
Sierzputowski acknowledged that Saturday’s ultimate is the prospect of a lifetime, however stated Swiatek’s preparation will likely be precisely the identical as for each match she performs.
“We’ll put together as we might for any match. De facto, we cannot do something otherwise that we have not executed up till this level,” he stated, which features a morning warm-up, then a chat about techniques, then one other warm-up earlier than hitting the courtroom.
Whereas Swiatek, who was ranked 54th on the earth when she arrived in Paris however is now on the verge of the top-20, has brushed apart opponents with ease thus far on the pink clay, Sierzputowski stated she will likely be prepared for a battle with Kenin.
“The scoreline would not make any distinction, it is extra vital if she’s going to win or lose the ultimate,” he stated.
(Extra reporting by Martyn Herman; Modifying by Christian Radnedge)
