Jessica Pegula says she noticed Iga Swiatek “serving really bigger” just before the Pole put up an impressive Wimbledon and won her first title on grass.
During the grass season, Swiatek posted a career-best 10-1 record. In her grass-swing opener, the 24-year-old made her maiden grass final in Bad Homburg before Pegula handed her a 6-4 7-5 loss. However, she wasn’t discouraged a bit by the Bad Homburg title match loss as she continued with her strong form at Wimbledon and dropped only one set through seven matches played at The Championships.
Swiatek didn’t only become a champion at The All England Club, but she literally did so in the most impressive way possible – she crushed Amanda Anisimova 6-0 6-0 to become only the second woman in Wimbledon history to achieve the feat.
Pegula, who ended up being the only player to beat Swiatek on grass this year, told the Pole during the Bad Homburg trophy ceremony that she played well and there was hope for her on the slick surface. The American now finds it “funny” that she correctly predicted what could happen at Wimbledon.
Pegula: Swiatek was serving a lot bigger
“I thought she was serving a lot bigger. I didn’t really watch her much during Wimbledon. I’m not sure if that was better. But she was serving really big in Bad Homburg and playing good tennis and beat good grass court players. I thought our final was a really high level. It was super close,” the American said when asked if she noticed something different about the Pole on grass.
“You know she is always kind of down on herself about grass, and I was like, ‘Hey, you’re playing really good on grass, ‘I’m not really sure why you think you’re bad on grass or what it is’. So it was kind of funny she ended up winning Wimbledon.”
After winning Wimbledon, Swiatek herself admitted that she didn’t believe winning The Championships was possible for her.
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