World No. 1 Iga Swiatek admits travelling with a sports psychologist has definitely helped her a lot and added she is happy to have someone to who she can talk to regularly. Swiatek, who turned 21 this week, works with sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz.
Swiatek is having a historic 2022 season and her mental game has played a big part in her success. Abramowicz is often credited for making Swiatek an incredibly tough player mentally. “It’s pretty hard to know [how I’m developing psychologically] that because since my psychologist is travelling with me,” Swiatek told Eurosport’s Barbara Schett in the Cube.
“We talk over lunch so it’s hard to say but it is always important for me, and I’m happy that I have a person that I can talk to and that when I have some doubts, I can really you know look for another opinion and a person who’s going to remind me sometimes where my strengths are.
So I feel as though it all comes together and really clicks on court and that’s the most important thing for me”.
Swiatek: I developed a trust with Abramowicz
Swiatek noted that having Abramowicz with her is really important for her because otherwise it would be hard for her to develop the trust with her therapist.
“It depends on the player how they wanna work because for some players it’s okay to just have a few sessions a month,” Swiatek added. “I, for example, felt like it’s pretty nice that my psychologist is travelling with me because it would be hard for me to trust somebody if somebody wouldn’t be here and wouldn’t see how I react after I lose, how I react after I win, and basically it’s easier when we got to know each other.
It all depends, it’s not like everybody should do it the same way, everybody should think about their own path”.
