Iga Swiatek beats Azarenka to get 1st win of the grass swing in Bad Homburg

“You started the tournament on day 3. I know there’s practicing, but practicing could be boring. You wanna play matches of course…”

Iga. “Honestly I love practicing. I really have fun on the practice court. Especially on grass. On one hand my tennis can be tricky. On the other hand, I have an opportunity to learn some new things. Wim, my coach, is implementing that all the time. He convinced me to try some new stuff. When you have a clear goal in practice of what to do, it’s really nice. You have freedom to do whatever you want. You don’t need to adjust to your opponent or anything. You just play the way you want to. I really enjoy the time on practice courts. So it wasn’t a problem for me, I gotta say. And honestly it’s not often that we have time between tournaments to practice. I use every day to just become a better player.”