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World number one Iga Swiatek is heading to Roland Garros in a laid-back mood as she looks to win her second major title.
Swiatek won her first and only grand slam when she triumphed in Paris in 2020 as a teenager.
The 20-year-old – who rose to number one in the WTA rankings when Ash Barty retired in March – has been in sparkling form in 2020.
Having reached the Australian Open semi-finals, Swiatek has gone on to win five successive titles, becoming the fourth player since the turn of the century to manage that feat.
She became the third-youngest player to win her second title in Rome when she triumphed at the Internazionali d’Italia earlier this month, while she has won five of the last nine WTA 1000 titles.
Swiatek was defeated by Maria Sakkari in last year’s quarter-finals at Roland Garros, but feels she has little to prove going into the second major of the season.
“I’m more relaxed. I don’t know about being nervous, because usually it comes closer to the match, so we will see,” Swiatek, who has won her last 28 matches, told a media conference.
“But I’m more relaxed, because I have so many [ranking] points and I feel like my position in the WTA is already like, you know, I have worked for it.
“Already I’ve kind of proved to myself and to other people that I can be in the top of the game. Before I wasn’t feeling that much confidence, so this year I feel much more peace.
“I’m taking the experience of the whole process, and playing seven matches in two weeks, having the routines. Also like getting to know how it is to go higher and higher in a grand slam.
“These kind of experiences help me not only for other grand slams but for many tournaments.”
