Coco Gauff’s Achilles Heel Makes Iga Swiatek’s Weakness Look Feeble as She Explains Why the American Falters Behind

Once again, it was Iga Swiatek who had the last laugh. The Polish tennis ace won back-to-back titles after winning the Italian Open last week. Swiatek is on a stellar run and defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the summit clash. One of the matches apart from the finals that caught the attention of the tennis fraternity was Swiatek’s match against Coco Gauff. The two are building up an epic rivalry that has a long way to go. In this regard, Swiatek made an interesting comparison between herself and Gauff.

Like Gauff, Swiatek also has a big weakness in her game. Service is one thing which the Polish star isn’t the greatest at. Despite this, she doesn’t let her opponents take advantage of her weak serve. During the WTA Insider Podcast, she highlighted why this flaw has minimal impact on the result of her games, unlike Gauff.

Swiatek revealed, “Well, the thing is that even if I’m not the greatest server, nobody can kind of push it, you know, because it’s the only shot we play on our own. So I don’t feel like anybody has any, like, influence besides me on it. When I’m, you know, on court like the opening. They can, I don’t know, maybe return better, but it’s not that easy to do that as well.”

Further, she added, “So, the serve I feel like I can, you know, say straightforwardly that I’m just gonna work on it and it’s gonna get better. Maybe it’s not perfect, but I don’t feel like it’s you know my weakness in terms of somebody can use it because that’s the only shot we are doing on our own without the impact of you know other players, unless you make crazy moves on returning with your feet.”

Gauff’s serve as we know has been extensively examined by tennis pundits, especially in recent weeks. Things got especially bad during this clay season as the young American confessed she had been making technical changes to improve it. While she has her eyes on the long-term plan, some immediate losses are to be expected. Swiatek, certainly, is handling it better.

Meanwhile, tennis legend Martina Navratilova identified this weakness in Swiatek’s game. Subsequently, she devised a plan for her opponents to defeat Swiatek.