US OPEN

September 3, 2025

Iga Swiatek

Press Conference

A. ANISIMOVA/I. Swiatek

6-4, 6-3

THE MODERATOR: Thoughts on today's match.

IGA SWIATEK: Maybe ask me questions. It's going to be easier.

THE MODERATOR: Questions.

Q. It's been a good summer for you. Didn't end the way you wanted to. Does it take a while after a match like this for you to sort of have that perspective on the quality of the last few months and the results you put up?

IGA SWIATEK: No, because, like, I know what I achieved, so I can't, like, erase it because I lost today. Yeah, I'm aware and also, yeah, like, I couldn't win today's match playing like that, serving like that, and with Amanda being so aggressive on the returns. So I kind of get it.

Q. Just how do you feel you played today? What were you kind of least satisfied with with your performance?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, from the baseline I felt it was good, but yeah, I think the serve what made the difference. She was winning, I guess, more points from her serve, and I struggled a bit to sometimes make the first serve in, and she returned the ball from second serve. So I guess that made a difference.

Q. How is it for you going into a match where the last time you played somebody recently 6-0, 6-0? How does that compare for going into a match and saying she's going to do something different but not knowing exactly what kind of -- it's an unusual situation to have.

IGA SWIATEK: Well, it didn't really matter for me. I think everybody knows how Amanda can play. Yeah, she didn't play well in Wimbledon, but it's not like she's always going to do the same mistakes or feel the same.

No, I know that she's a good player. She can play great tennis. So for me I was, like, ready for a tough match. Yeah, she won, so I guess, yeah, it didn't matter.

Q. Just how challenging is it when the match before yours goes four hours? Does it throw off your routine, or is that a factor at all?

IGA SWIATEK: You have to be ready for that at a Grand Slam. It's not convenient, especially when the "not-befores," they don't make sense. You have to be ready to play at 1:00 anyway, because you have not before 1:00.

But then you wait, because obviously how many times men's match is going to finish, in like, one-and-a-half hour or something, right?

Just that's tennis. You have to adjust to that. No point to overthink it.

Q. Can you describe how different Amanda was as an opponent today compared to the Wimbledon final? Did her ball feel different to you? What was different?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, she played in. It was totally different, yeah. As I said, it's not a surprise. I practice with her. I know how she can play.

Yeah, it was totally different. Like, she moved better, she played better. Yeah, everything was different.

Q. Talking about the issues with the serve, do you chalk that up to maybe just feeling out of rhythm today, or was that maybe the pressure that Amanda was putting on you with the return?

IGA SWIATEK: No, I think I kind of maybe didn't serve the best throughout the whole tournament, but I think because she returned so well that you could see, you know, the bigger difference. On the other hand, I wasn't practicing it in between matches anyway, so I kind of have to let it go and just focus on next one.

Q. Just generally, it's been a lot of tennis the last few weeks: Wimbledon, the American tournaments leading up to this, and now this. How tired are you at the moment?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, I don't know. It's not like my matches were exhausting here.

Q. Do you feel like a mental break? I'm not talking about the loss as such.

IGA SWIATEK: Why would you say that?

Q. I just wondered. It's just a lot in a row. Do you look forward to a break?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, talk to people responsible for the schedule. Do you need mental break?

Q. Sorry?

IGA SWIATEK: You look like you need mental break.

Q. I do, yeah.

IGA SWIATEK: Well, then what are you doing here?

Q. Got to get to the end of the tournament.

IGA SWIATEK: Good luck.

Q. What are your thoughts about what Amanda, how she processed the defeat at Wimbledon and came back from that?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, I don't know how she did that, because I'm not her. You need to ask her about the whole process.

But I guess in tennis, like, you will get heartbreaking losses, and you don't have other option. You just have to move on and try to play good next time.