{"id":1825031,"date":"2026-03-13T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1825031"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:00:53","slug":"why-iga-swiatek-was-beaten-at-indian-wells-is-her-aura-gone-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1825031","title":{"rendered":"Why Iga Swiatek was beaten at Indian Wells &#8211; is her aura gone for good?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Why Iga Swiatek was beaten at Indian Wells \u2013 is her aura gone for good?<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/kevin-palmer\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n           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champion.<\/p>\n<p>She has been in this position time and again over the last year, with the aura that was once one of her biggest weapons waning during a year that has given her rivals hope that she can be vulnerable when pressure is applied.<\/p>\n<p>Swiatek is still rolling through some of his rivals and the 6-0 sets that were her trademark have still been part of her story, even over a 12 month period when she has lost her way at the latter stages of big tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Her 6-0, 6-0 Wimbledon final win against Amanda Anisimova last July was an example of what can happen when the tide is flowing in Swiatek\u2019s direction, with her overpowering game still too much for rivals when she is flowing.<\/p>\n<p>What we have seen time and again around those dominant performances is matches like her Indian Wells quarter-final against Elina Svitolina, when Swiatek came back into the match when she looked to be on course for a straight sets defeat and then fell away once again in the third set.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/iga-swiatek-points-and-prize-money-earned-after-indian-wells-open-exit\">Iga Swiatek: Points and prize money earned after Indian Wells Open exit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-speaks-indian-wells-showdown-karolina-muchova-roger-federer-of-womens-tennis\">Iga Swiatek hails \u2018amazing\u2019 next Indian Wells opponent as \u2018Roger Federer of women\u2019s tennis\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no champion who is waiting for mistakes,\u201d declared Svitolina after her 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really have to try to set yourself up in a good position to attack. I was feeling good and I was trying to really, you know, open up the court and try to take advantage, because Iga is such an aggressive player, and she moves really well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you don\u2019t take the opportunity at the right time, she\u2019s going to take it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opportunities Svitolina spoke about were rarely evident for Swiatek\u2019s opponents when they were facing the Polish player in her prime.<\/p>\n<p>Iga was a dominant winning machine when she was on top of her game, with hope draining away from her opponents as she powered ahead and barely let them win a game, but that Iga has gone.<\/p>\n<p>Svitolina has a belief that she could beat Swiatek now than she would have done two or three years ago and when that aura slips, it\u2019s hard to reclaim it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been going on for a while,\u201d tennis legend Chris Evert told Tennis365 at Roland Garros last summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlowly that just builds and builds and builds the more you lose the more you lose confidence in your game. And then the more the other players feel that they\u2019ve got a real shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo to me, the players know how to play Iga and they know she\u2019s not invincible anymore because she\u2019s lost some matches. So, it\u2019s a combination of Iga losing confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a champion and I know how it feels when you lose that edge against the other players and she\u2019s a nice person, she\u2019s good person, she\u2019s nice person and I hope that level that made her the greatest clay court or maybe one of the greatest clay court players ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/wta-rankings-elena-rybakina-overtakes-iga-swiatek-exits-indian-wells-open\">Swiatek will be the No 3 ranked player in the world<\/a> when the list is updated on Monday and she is also the reigning Wimbledon champion.<\/p>\n<p>She has seven Grand Slam titles on her record and $44,127,390 in prize money, which is a remarkable record for a player who is only 24-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge for Swiatek from this point forward will be overcoming the demons that are undermining her ambitions and that may be her biggest challenge yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/australian-open\/aryna-sabalenka-makes-big-claim-rule-change-would-have-probably-grand-slams\">Aryna Sabalenka makes \u2018huge advantage\u2019 claim \u2013 \u2018I feel like I would have probably more Grand Slams\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Iga Swiatek was beaten at Indian Wells \u2013 is her aura gone for good? 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