Iga Swiatek very candidly highlights reasons behind loss to Coco Gauff

Iga Swiatek kept it straight honest following her defeat to Coco Gauff at the WTA Finals, admitting that she simply wasn’t good enough and that she paid the ultimate price.

On Tuesday, the 20-year-old American crushed the Pole 6-3 6-4 to get to a 2-0 record in Riyadh while the Pole now stands at 1-1 and is in danger of not even making it past the group stage. 

Right from the start, it was the American tennis star who had the upper hand but she didn’t manage to convert three break points in the third game and another two games later. But Gauff kept pressing and it ultimately worked out after she claimed back-to-back breaks in the seventh and ninth games to bag the first set. During the first set, Swiatek didn’t have a single break.

At the start of the second set, the Pole finally started to make some chances and managed to break the world No. 3 twice. However, her own serve remained a big issue as Gauff kept creating opportunities on the return and broke the 23-year-old three times to still escape with a two-set win. It should also be noted that at one point in the second set, the Polish tennis star led 4-3 and was serving.

Swiatek committed a stunning 47 unforced errors, realized just two of her eight break points and also got broken five times. 

“Oh for sure I wasn’t solid enough and Coco used her opportunities much better than I did. I had some break points that I didn’t win and for sure I made more unforced errors. And when you play Coco, you need to be solid even though our head-to-head was more positive for me, still never easy to win against her. So today for sure, she was a better player and yeah I’m gonna try to adjust a bit better in my next match and try to do some stuff tomorrow in the practice court to be better,” the four-time French Open winner said after the loss.

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