– My service disappointed me a bit, but yes the game was very close. I think that if I could lean a little on the site in these decisive moments and easily score points, winning games would simply be much easier for me. However, the same actions were played on an equal level, I even have the impression that the longer they were, the more reliable I was, so I’m happy with the game itself, except for the website. We both like to play on meal, Ashleigh is the most reliable player on the tour right now, so when it comes to the game itself, I don’t have much to complain about. Sometimes I used to miss simple forwards due to the fact that I was getting out of my feet too quickly or jumping a bit, but this is also the specificity of how the game is played here. Sometimes it’s easy to lose control of how the ball goes (due to Madrid’s location and the courts at different heights – editor’s note), but otherwise I played a hundred times better than at the beginning of the tournament. I have made progress. And the truth is that the draw in this tournament was not quite favorable to me. As I said, Ashleigh is the most solid tennis player right now. I would also like to learn such reliability someday and I think that I am still a bit short of it. Well, it is not without reason that she is the first in the world for the last two years – the 19-year-old tennis player from Raszyn summed up the match in Caja Magica.
On Tuesday, our racket number 1 together with Bethanie Mattek-Sands will play in doubles. The Polish and American rivals will be two experienced Russians: Jelena Wiesnina and Wiera Zwonariowa. In the previous tournament in the WTA 1000 Świątek and Mattek-Sands series, they reached the semi-finals together. We hope that they will also play at a high level now. On the other hand, you have to be careful to have enough time to acclimatize before singing in Rome. Because the courts there are completely different. Foro Italico is located almost at sea level and the ball bounces completely different there than in Madrid. He certainly does not run away like he does in Spain, you need to put more force into the blows. So it’s good to be there just before the first show. And if in doubles in Caja Magica you would fight to the end, the adaptation to new conditions would certainly be shorter …
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