Madrid, April 23, 2025 (AFP) - Swiatek glad for high expectations ahead of Madrid title defence

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2025-04-23

Iga Swiatek says she has grown accustomed to the high pressure of expectations she shoulders each clay-court season and that she is "grateful" for the public's "high hopes" for her. The world number two is the most successful clay-court player of her generation and has won the French Open four times. By her stratospheric standards, Swiatek is having a sub-par season but she has the chance to turn her year around at the Madrid Open, where she is d......

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