Swiatek's safety 逮捕する on clay a big 信用/信任 booster

By Julien Pretot

PARIS, June 8 (Reuters) - Iga Swiatek goes into Saturday's French Open final as the 圧倒的な favourite having won the 肩書を与える twice at Roland Garros and knowing she has a safety 逮捕する on clay.

The world number one ran into trouble in her 6-2 7-6(7) 半分-final victory over Beatriz Haddad Maia on Thursday but always felt in 支配(する)/統制する, 否定するing she was 失望させるd when the Brazilian 申し込む/申し出d more 抵抗 than her previous 対抗者s.

Swiatek will 直面する Czech Karolina Muchova in the final.

"I felt the same as usual. I 現実に felt 肉親,親類d of more 焦点(を合わせる)d because I know that the (人が)群がる was loud and I tried to just 肉親,親類d of keep my 焦点(を合わせる) inside," the 政治家 told a 圧力(をかける) 会議/協議会.

Swiatek, however, struggled to 扱う the 最高の,を越す spin of Haddad Maier's serve and her 力/強力にする, 直面するing a 始める,決める point in the tiebreak.

"I just knew that I can really use my 力/強力にする on clay and even make it physical if I need to," she said. "So I had a lot of 信用/信任 in myself today."

Playing on the red dirt only 増加するs her self-信用/信任.

"明白に, it's still a lot of 圧力 and it's not 平易な, but also on clay I feel like I have more 武器s than on faster hard 法廷,裁判所s," Swiatek said.

"I'm trying to use that 信用/信任 and that feeling of 存在 comfortable on that surface to just 肉親,親類d of 焦点(を合わせる) on that a little bit more and play better because of that."

She has reached her third final in Paris in the last four years, having won in 2020 and 2022.

"I feel like I'm a better player. 改良 I feel like is everywhere. Like tennis-wise, mentally, tactically, 肉体的に, just having the exper ience," she said.

A self-宣言するd fan of 14-times men's 支持する/優勝者 Rafael Nadal, Swiatek, however, does not see herself 統治するing on the Parisian red dirt as long as the Spaniard.

"What he did and what he's still doing, it's pretty amazing. I never 肉親,親類d of knew that it's going to be possible for me. So it is 全く out of my reach, if I can say that," she said.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Julien Pretot, Editing by Ed Osmond)

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