Winning her eighth match in a row, Swiatek<\/a> took down China\u2019s Guo Hanyu in round two.<\/p>\n Next up was a test against German youngster Eva Lys, a test Swiatek passed with flying colors, winning 6-2, 6-2, as she booked her place in the last 16 of the Canadian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n During her post-match press conference, Swiatek was asked to reflect on the past 12 months of her career, as she answered an interesting hypothetical question.<\/p>\n Iga Swiatek would \u2018for sure\u2019 have taken not winning a title for a year to win Wimbledon<\/p>\n After winning her fourth French Open<\/a> title in 2024, Swiatek embarked on a 12-month title drought, failing to reach another final until the 2025 Bad Homburg Open.<\/p>\n Losing out in Bad Homburg, Swiatek won her next tournament, clinching the Wimbledon title, as she finally returned to winning ways.<\/p>\n Asked whether she would have taken not winning a title for a year in order to win Wimbledon<\/a>, Swiatek provided an interesting response.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, my God (laughing). That\u2019s a tough one,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, the first part, for sure, it\u2019s kind of sad, but yeah, I would totally give one year of not winning any title for Wimbledon, for sure. Like, it\u2019s a Slam.<\/p>\n \u201cEven though I didn\u2019t play any finals, except Bad Homburg, I still feel like I had good tournaments. You know, there was always something missing, like in the semifinal or something, but still, with the year that I had, in the case I feel like I did great anyway.<\/p>\n \u201cSo for sure, I would take that.\u201d<\/p>\n As Swiatek mentioned, she often fell during the latter stages of tournaments during her year-long title-less spell.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t as if the Pole\u2019s level dropped significantly; she just couldn\u2019t quite get over the line in her quarterfinal and semifinal matches.<\/p>\n TournamentRound lost inOpponentScore2024 Cincinnati OpenSFAryna Sabalenka3-6, 3-62024 US OpenQFJessica Pegula2-6, 4-62025 Australian OpenSFMadison Keys7-5, 1-6, 6-72025 Qatar OpenSFJelena Ostapenko3-6, 1-62025 Dubai Tennis ChampionshipsQFMirra Andreeva3-6, 3-62025 Indian WellsSFMirra Andreeva6-7, 6-1, 3-62025 Miami OpenQFAlexandra Eala2-6, 5-72025 Porsche Tennis Grand PrixQFJelena Ostapenko3-6, 6-3, 2-62025 Madrid OpenSFCoco Gauff1-6, 1-62025 French OpenSFAryna Sabalenka6-7, 6-4, 0-6Iga Swiatek\u2019s quarterfinal and semifinal defeats during her trophy-less spell<\/p>\n Between June 2024 and July 2025, Swiatek lost four quarterfinals and six semifinals on the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n Those results, whilst devastating for Swiatek at the time, have kept her in contention for the number one ranking, as she continues to pick up points in 2025.<\/p>\n Iga Swiatek closes the gap to Aryna Sabalenka in the \u2018WTA Race\u2019<\/p>\n Swiatek has reached at least the quarterfinals of ten of the 11 tournaments she\u2019s played in 2025, as she frequently finds herself making deep runs.<\/p>\n![\"Iga](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227086652-1024x640.jpg\")
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