Sloane Stephens admits she may by no means be an Iga Swiatek because the 31-year-old confesses she is just not the one to be placing up the identical effort each week throughout your complete season.
Early in her profession, the American achieved her finest success after famously upsetting Serena Williams within the 2013 Australian Open quarterfinal and turning into a Grand Slam champion on the 2017 US Open. A number of months later, she additionally gained her maiden WTA 1000 title on the 2018 Miami Open and achieved a career-high rating of No. 3 on the planet.
However since then, Stephens hasn’t loved a lot success, particularly in latest occasions as she is at present on a six-match dropping streak and ranked at No. 75 on the planet. Whereas the previous world No. 3 managed to say the Rouen title in Could after successful 5 matches there, she continues to be simply 19-22 on the 12 months.
Stephens on Caroline Garcia’s podcast: Swiatek is nice, however I would not need that job…
Whereas the Polish five-time Grand Slam champion misplaced the world No. 1 spot to Aryna Sabalenka on Monday, it does not change the truth that the 23-year-old has been fairly constant and very profitable during the last couple of seasons.
“Individuals who do it each single week, I applaud them. I do not know the way they do it as a result of I’m exhausted. If I play one lengthy week, I am like, ‘Man, I gotta go residence.’ So, I do not know the way they do it. I do not suppose each tennis participant was put right here to play each single week as a result of it is actually freaking laborious. There is a motive we have now the Caroline Garcias, the Madison Keys’ and the Coco Gauffs. It kinda makes our sport very distinctive and funky. Everybody can’t be world No. 1 and Iga iis nice as No. 1 on the planet however I would not need that job, it is laborious,” Stephens mentioned on the Tennis Insider Membership.
The 2017 US Open winner final performed on the WTA 500 event in Seoul final week, the place she was overwhelmed by Hailey Baptiste within the first spherical. Stephens is with no win since overcoming Elsa Jacquemot within the Wimbledon first spherical on July 1st.
