Iga Swiatek says she is ‘doing something wrong’ after shock Italian Open exit to Danielle Collins - 'The focus is on the wrong things'
ByOli Gent
Published 10/05/2025 at 22:51 GMT+1
World No. 2 Iga Swiatek acknowledged that her focus was on the wrong things as she suffered yet another premature exit at a tournament. The Pole will dip out of the top two in the world rankings after she was defeated in the second round of the Italian Open by the hard-hitting American Danielle Collins, who beat the five-time major champion 6-1 7-5 in the Italian capital.
Iga Swiatek lors de sa défaite contre Danielle Collins au 3e tour du WTA 1000 de Rome le 10 mai 2025
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Iga Swiatek admitted that she was "doing something wrong" as she fell to a shock defeat in the second round of the Italian Open.
The Pole, the current world No. 2, will fall out of the top two in the rankings after she was defeated 6-1 7-5 by Danielle Collins.
The American capitalised on the second seed’s error-laden serving, with Swiatek broken four times in a one-sided opening set.
Swiatek is now without a title since last year’s French Open almost a year ago, and she is still looking for that winning touch that has evaded her.
She was peppered with break points in the opening set, losing every single one of her service games, before recapturing her rhythm temporarily at the start of the second.
However, it was Collins who carried her momentum into the third round, where the 29th seed will face the 16th seed Elina Svitolina.
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In her post-match press conference, Swiatek cut a frustrated figure, particularly when she was asked about a "certain feeling" that she gets at major tournaments.
"I don't care what other people had," she said. "There's no point to compare.
"It doesn't matter what things I get. Every year is different, so... it doesn't matter."
She was more open with her reasoning for her dip in form, admitting that it was down to her, but she did not go as far as revealing what she planned on changing.
"For sure, it hasn't been easy. For sure, I'm doing something wrong," she added.
"So I need to just regroup and kind of change some stuff. I had some advice from the team. I'll just try to do that.
"Daria [Abramowicz, Swiatek’s psychologist], like everybody from my team. We talked and came to some conclusions.
"I'm just going to change my mindset a little bit.
"I just wasn't there; present to fight and to compete. I focused on mistakes. It's my mistake, and I'm not doing things right.
"The focus is on the wrong things from my side and I'll try to change that."
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