US OPEN

September 1, 2025

Iga Swiatek

Press Conference

I. SWIATEK/E. Alexandrova

6-3, 6-1

THE MODERATOR: Iga, your thoughts on today's match.

IGA SWIATEK: For sure I'm happy with the performance, and yeah, I didn't let Ekaterina come back to the match in second set. So I'm happy with the focus and with the quality of everything.

THE MODERATOR: Questions.

Q. Did you go to the practice courts after the match, and if so, how long did you do it?

IGA SWIATEK: I think it was, like, 15, 20 minutes. Nothing intense.

Q. The question is a bit off-topic on coaches. An increasing number of players go around on tour with two or three different coaches. Do you think it's still doable to have only one coach on tour, as you do?

IGA SWIATEK: It depends on the coach. I think it's more comfortable, but obviously it requires, like, a lot of amount of work from the coach. The season is longer and longer, so I think there's going to be, like, less chances for us to have one coach really, because not everybody can travel, like, all the time.

But for me it was always important to just have one person that is, like, leading the whole process. I think it's easier for me and the communication-wise like for one person to be in charge of everything.

But I guess it depends on the coach and what can they do.

Q. Just to be clear, it's more comfortable from the player's perspective then to have one coach?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, from my perspective. I don't know about others.

Q. Your prematch reaction drills and just the whole kind of like what you do to prepare always looks interesting. I'm curious just how has that developed over the years, and were you ever not as good at it as you are now?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, I remember when I was a junior, I wasn't as good as I am now, and there was, like, one year that actually it clicked, and I felt like my reactions were much better and all the exercises that I did didn't cost me so much energy.

But yeah, my warmup routine before the match is pretty much the same for a long time. We only change it when it gets boring, but I don't mind having the same routines. Yeah, there are a lot of, like, reaction exercises, because that's basically what we need on court, so yeah.

Q. Did you see the thing that happened with Kamil during the week when he was giving a cap to someone in the crowd, and someone kind of snatched it away.

IGA SWIATEK: No.

Q. I just saw after the match when you were giving something -- I don't know if it was a towel -- that you were very much, like, pointing at the person who it was going to. Is that something that you feel like you need to do rather than I know some players just throw something into the crowd and then people can fight over it.

IGA SWIATEK: Yeah. I mean, because obviously usually, like, seven people reach out for one thing. For example, if it's a girl and the boys have longer arms, it's not kind of -- she's not going to catch it. But I usually throw, like, at the person that is supposed to get it.

So I try to be fair kind of, but I don't pick, like -- I pick a person kind of randomly or whoever shouts louder. I know it's not fair, but obviously not everybody is going to be happy.

Q. Do you ever think to yourself that it's strange that people want your sweaty towel or whatever so much? Is that ever weird of you?

IGA SWIATEK: No, because I would love to have a sweaty towel of Rafa's when I was a kid. No. Well, sometimes it's strange when I try to give something to the kid, and the adult grabs it. You know, then I try to be, like, Come on, that's not the point.

Q. You might be playing Amanda Anisimova again. The first time since the Wimbledon final. Can you reflect on that, please, how good that was a performance from you. And, secondly, when we spoke to you after Wimbledon, you said there's no need for mercy in this game, because you don't want to give away cheap points. Is that something you have had since you were a youngster, that ability just to keep pounding and pounding on the tennis court?

IGA SWIATEK: Yeah, I mean, I think most of us were raised that way. Yeah, if you want to become an athlete, you need to want to win the point.

Yeah, honestly, I think every athlete has kind of the same vision and mentality, but obviously because of the score at Wimbledon, everybody started asking this question. When you don't play sports, you don't get it, but if you do, then you know that you're not going to give anything for free.

Yeah, we'll see how the match goes. The girls play late, so there's no point now for me to overthink who I'm going to play. I'm just going to see who wins, and that's it. I'll prepare.

Q. Just on the subject of Wimbledon and the speed with which a player goes from a Wimbledon Centre Court to the US Open Arthur Ashe Stadium. The sound is very different, isn't it? It's silent when you're out there at Wimbledon, and here there's constant conversation. I just wondered, is that a bit of an attack on the senses when you first experience it? Does it take time to get used to it?

IGA SWIATEK: Yeah, for sure it's harder to focus. The sensation is different, and it's harder to be in your bubble.

But, on the other hand, honestly, if I'm going to actually be in my bubble, I don't think I'll hear anything. So it just depends on the day on how I do this and how I do the work, like, in my head mentally to ignore all these sounds, but yeah, it's a totally different experience.

Even like with the introduction before the match, on Wimbledon you don't have it, but here suddenly everybody is reminded you how much you won, you know. Then the screens, you know, on the stadium, sometimes you see the lights during the point.

It's different for sure. It's a totally different experience. It's harder here, for sure.

Q. When you say you have to do the work in your head, what does that mean? What do you have to do?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, it depends. The focus is not going to come by itself, so it's hard for me to explain (smiling). I don't know, because it's something I've been doing for years now. You just focus, yeah.