IGA’s Secret Weapon: Instinct

Chris Oddo| @thefanchild | Thursday, July 10, 2025

What is a secret Iga SwiatekWas Wimbledon successful this year? No overthinking.

The pole has done the work, supporting her movements and ensuring her service and return are the weapons that give her control over the assembly. The rest is to let her muscle memory take over.

“I don’t think there is a place to think about here,” she said after hitting her first Wimbledon final with a 6-2, 6-0 lightning. Belinda Bencic In the Central Court.

If you know Swiatek, you know she always talks about playing tennis – intuition is the word she usually uses to describe it. In the past, she has done this at Wimbledon, but this year she has clicked on her on SW19.

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We can paint it for some extra practice time and focus on exercise.

The five-time main champion will face five-time champions on Saturday, saying: “I think it would be easier if you haven’t won the Roland Garros yet and you have more practice time.”

In the finals, she will need her best intuition as a hard American, and now she has reached the first Wimbledon final, winning nine games on the grass this season, she will have a cornerstone of confidence to rely on.

“You have to follow your intuition,” she said. “If it goes well, you can certainly rely on them, and if you feel comfortable, it’s somehow fun, unlike on the surface where you have more time to have a gathering or something. When you play well, it’s easy to enjoy. But I’d say that’s the main difference.”