Iga's Grass Secret Weapon: Instinct

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday July 10, 2025

What’s the key to Iga Swiatek’s Wimbledon success this yr? No overthinking.

The Pole has performed the work, shoring up her motion and ensuring her serve and return are weapons to place her accountable for rallies. The remaining is right down to let her muscle reminiscence take over.

“I believe there isn’t any place to overthink right here,” she mentioned on Thursday after reaching her first Wimbledon ultimate with a 6-2, 6-0 blitzing of Belinda Bencic on Centre Court docket.

If you understand Swiatek you understand she at all times talks about enjoying instinctive tennis – instinct is the phrase she generally makes use of to explain it. She hasn’t been capable of do that previously at Wimbledon, but it surely has all clicked into place for her this yr at SW19.

We will chalk it as much as some further observe time and give attention to motion.

“I believe it is simpler if you have not gained Roland Garros and in addition if you happen to had extra time to observe,” the five-time main champion, who will face Amanda Anisimova for the title on Saturday, mentioned.

She’ll want her finest instincts because the hard-hitting American within the ultimate, and now that she’s reached her first Wimbledon ultimate and gained 9 matches out of ten on grass this season, she’ll have a bedrock of confidence to depend on.

“You sort of should comply with your instincts,” she mentioned. “If that’s going effectively and you’ll depend on them for certain if you happen to really feel comfy, so that is sort of enjoyable not directly and totally different than on different surfaces the place you could have extra time to construct the rally or one thing. Whenever you’re enjoying effectively, it is simple to get pleasure from. However I might say that is the primary distinction.”