Iga Świątek in October last year lost the first position in WTA ranking for Aryna Sabalenka. So it seemed that this season he would fight for a return to the top as soon as possible. Meanwhile, matters are not going well for her. Our master did not win any tournament Since last year's Roland Garros. After falling off in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Miami, it has 7470 points, which is as much as 2721 less than the leading Belarusian. And the loss can increase to 3071 points if Sabalenka defeats Jessica Pegulu in the final. In this situation, Świątek, in fact, ceased to count on the leader's position. He must fight for the behavior of the other. And this can also be extremely hard.
Incredible what Świątek did a year ago. Now the stairs will start
The next two months will be decisive for 23-year-old Polish women. It is then that the tennis players will move to the favorite surface of Iga Świątek – flour. The problem is that this time we will be associated with more fears than hope. And all because of what was happening for a year ago.
At that time, it was not strong at Świątek. She won almost everything that could be won. Triumphed in three tournaments in a row – Wt 1000 in Madrid and Rome, as well as in Roland Garros. She was detained only in the first competition in Mączka – WTA 500 in Stuttgart. She reached the semi -finals in which the later winner of Jelenia Rybakina succumbed. In total, at that time she scored as many as 4195 points to the world ranking of 4,500 possible. Now she will have to defend them.
Świątek will lose second place in the WTA ranking? He can fly to the neck
In this situation, the possibility of any promotion in the ranking is properly excluded. Świątek can only fall in it. And the loss of second place is really very real. At the moment, the third on world lists Coco Goufff He loses 1407 points to her. Just imagine a script in which Świątek loses the final of Roland Garros, and in one of the WTA 1000 rank tournaments falls in the semi -final. Then it would result in a deduction of 1310 points. In this situation, even the relatively small gauffic score will allow her to overtake a Polish woman and jump to second place. And yet it can be much worse.
In the worst case, at which Świątek would lose all points earned a year ago (of course, this is science fiction scenario), her achievements would drop to 3275 points. Today it would give her 11th place in the WTA ranking (12. Daria Kasatkina has 3006 of them). It shows how many Christmas he has to lose. The top dozens of the Polish woman will probably not fall out, but with large slip -ups she is threatened by really gigantic subjects and a decrease in the ranking of even several places. And this compared to where it is now, it will have to be considered a disaster.