Tennis News: Iga Swiatek has not yet set specific goals for the 2023 season
Iga Swiatek had a fantastic year of tennis, replete with achievements. Despite that, she is yet to set significant goals heading into 2023. Currently, she is focusing on being more consistent on the court.
Iga Swiatek: No specific goals for 2023Swiatek secured more than 60 wins in 2022 and lost nine of them. Her win record this year includes multiple events, including two Majors.
"My main goal is to continue what I've been doing last year and not really come back to all these matches that I played, because that may really kind of make me lazy," said the world's number one.
"I'm going to try to kind of cut off everything that happened last year and just focus on the future because I feel like I can take a lot of experience from these tournaments last year.
"I don't want to really like hold on to that too much, because I want to go forward and kind of focus on my next goals."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="pl" dir="ltr">🏆 Jestem zaszczycona, dołączając do grona wielu wspaniałych tenisistek, które otrzymały tę nagrodę przede mną. To był niesamowity sezon. Dziękuję za Wasze wsparcie. Bo bez niego ten sukces nie byłby możliwy. <a href="https://t.co/815XtqiHAo">https://t.co/815XtqiHAo</a></p>— Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) <a href="https://twitter.com/iga_swiatek/status/1602584386817654785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Swiatek raked in eight singles titles, including two Grand Slams, the - French and US Open, that pushed her to the top of the WTA singles rankings ahead of Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.
The Polish star jumped to the top spot after Australian Ashley Barty's surprise retirement in March, but he has lived up to people's expectations ever since.
The 21-year-old revealed that she was ambivalent when she claimed the top spot after Barty's retirement, wondering whether she actually deserved it.
Considering Barty's popularity, Swiatek was still determining if she was up to replacing someone extraordinarily talented and well-liked.
However, she realized she was proud of herself and wanted show her talent to the world.
Regardless of whether she is the top-ranked WTA player, she still feels there is a lot she can change and improve about herself.
She is now focusing on the United Cup that took off in Brisbane as Poland takes on Kazakhstan and Switzerland in Group B.
Rafael Nadal reveals he is behind in Australian Open preparation
Rafael Nadal has found himself in a fix ahead of the Australian Open after admitting he isn't well prepared for the upcoming tennis season. Nadal flew to South America after the ATP Finals to play in exhibition matches.
Although it was expected to throw him back into a competitive zone, he revealed that he is far from it. After landing in South America, he rested for a week and then performed some light physical training.
"I'm aware that I'm a little bit short, but I'm confident that I'll be able to pick up the level I need to be competitive in Australia," he said.
In addition, he introduced significant changes in his team, and coach Francis Roig Roig departed.
His new role as a father also shaped his mood in the second half of the season, but he admitted that he has welcomed these changes and is now happy.
"Of course, it has been a drastic change, but I have to organize myself to be able to continue doing my professional life in the best possible way," he added
"What happens is that my career, luckily, has lasted much longer than I expected. So I have to learn to live with this new stage of my life and try to remain as competitive as possible."
After walking out of the US Open, Nadal competed in the Laver Cup, where he heartbreakingly participated in Roger Federer's send-off by playing a doubles match alongside the Swiss.
He finished his season at the Paris Masters and ATP Finals, reassuring his fans that he is not retiring anytime soon despite enduring a chronic foot injury that temporarily prompted him to consider pulling the plug on tennis.