Iga Swiatk arrives in Roland Garros this month under the cloud of uncertainty, and a half that lasts one of her career’s most serious shares before the defense of her French open title.

23-year-old SwiatkHe won four titles on Clay Cours of Paris, slipped from the first three world first for the first time from 2022. March after the defeat to return to Madrid and Rome.

A 6-1, 6-1 annulment from Coco Gauff In Spain IA Defeat of flat installation from Danielle Collins In Italy, they are exposed to a tightly weakness in the game of a player who is seen as almost untouchable on the clay after the third Suzanne Lenglen Cup was ordained last year.

Add weight on Switak’s shoulders is a permanent shadow Aryna SabalenkaWho seized the world number one ranked from half past last season.

While Switiek remained largely within the touching distance, the rivalry disorders her dominance, and she struggled to reduce the ruthless consistency that defined her meteoric increase.

“I don’t think I was present in court, not to fight or compete”, “ Swiatk said after losing in Collins in Rome. “I focused on my mistakes – it was my mistake. I didn’t work properly. I was concentrated on the wrong things.”

Indicates Stark contrast at this time last season, when Swiet broke in Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros headlines on dominant mode.

Now the question is whether Swiebk, who performed a one-month doping ban on last August, can rediscover the mental steel and aggressive precision given to her four-time French champion.

He asked in Rome about his ambitions for Paris Grand Slam, hit an uncertain note.

“It would be stupid to expect too much because I can’t play my game right now” She said.

Her outstanding records about the Filippe-Chatrier may suggest that he was still a player who beat in Paris, but Swiatk herself quickly rejected the weight of history.

“It doesn’t matter what I achieved earlier – every year is different,” She added.

After the disappointment in Italy, Swiatk admitted to shed tears into cabinets, but he tried to use the return as an opportunity for reflection.

“I have to find myself again and change some things,” She said.

“I listened to some advice from your team and we achieved certain conclusions. I will try just to transfer my way of thinking in the next few weeks.”

With uncertainty around the forms of several leading candidates and the creation of American gauffs and collins in the form of form, and women’s extraction in Paris is wide open.

For Switiek, the return of trust on its favorite surface can be the difference between the early output and the fifth trophy of Roland Garros.