Before this year, Swiatek had only moved into the second week of Wimbledon once, when she reached the 2023 quarter-finals.
After a shock third-round defeat by Yulia Putintseva last year, Swiatek said she had not given herself enough time to mentally recover from her French Open win.
This year, having lost to Sabalenka in the Roland Garros semi-finals, she went to Mallorca for a week’s training on grass before returning to competitive action in Bad Homburg.
Swiatek reached the final at the WTA 500 event, where a defeat by Jessica Pegula left her in tears, but it was an indication that her level on the surface had improved.
“I feel like I have developed as a player and I had time to practise a little bit more [this year],” said Swiatek.
“I would say we mainly focused on my movement and how I should stop before hitting the ball.
“Also, [we worked] on fast hands because obviously it’s important here not to stop the movement, even though the ball sometimes is fast.”
