Swa's zero championship heading to the French Open, will Roland Garros be the last straw that breaks the camel's back?

And again, and again! After being eliminated by Gauff in the semi-finals of the Madrid 1000 Championship, Swiatek, the queen of clay, suffered another upset in the third round of the Rome Masters, which ended last night Beijing time.

She suffered a 1-6 5-7 defeat to rivals Collins and failed to defend her title after winning the tournament in the past two years. As soon as the first set came up, Swiatek was slow to get into the groove. Despite the adjustment of his form in the second set, at the crucial 5-6, Collins managed to cash in on the second break point when he had to hold serve and conceded three consecutive break points on his own unbreakable serve, which was not the winning point, but the Pole's habitual self-error in the match.

According to statistics, this is Swiatek's worst clay warm-up result in the last four years, and look:

2022: Stuttgart champion, Roma champion ➡️ and French Open champion

Swiatek did not play in Madrid that year, opting to streamline her tournament after a "surprise" loss of the French Open the previous year, and the two-event title showed that her confidence to regain lost ground gave her a second French Open title.

2023: Stuttgart champion, Madrid runner-up, French Open champion in Rome's semifinals ➡️

This year, she still drove a sports car in Stuttgart, and although she failed to win the cup in Madrid and Rome, she was still a deservedly king at the French Open, just like Nadal.

2024: Stuttgart semifinals, Madrid champions, Roma champions ➡️ French Open champions

Last year, she finally won the Madrid tournament, and the final against Sabalenka won a hard-fought battle, and then won the Roma and French Open in a row, making up a priceless winning streak.

However, it was also at the Olympic Games after the French Open that Swiatek lost against Zheng Qinwen, not only ending his winning streak at Roland Garros, but also losing confidence. So far, it has been a year-long championship drought.

If she is not good at playing on grass courts, it is understandable that she has not been able to break through at Wimbledon for a long time, and on hard courts because Sabalenka is getting stronger, Gauff has proven her presence from time to time, and she is surrounded by strong opponents such as Ostapenko, and there is still a reason why she is declining in this field, then red clay is really a backyard that cannot be conquered for the Poles.

But now, with opponents gaining confidence in themselves one after another, the forehand on which he became famous has lost his power, and the good mentality that was previously praised for not being shocked has fluctuated, we have to wonder where the Poles should go from here.

She won the French Open in the first three years, and this year, with zero warm-up matches, can she still hold on to the backyard of Roland Garros? Will the French Open be a shot in the arm to boost it? Or was it the straw that broke the camel's back?(Source: Tennis Home Author: Luo Cheng Qiye)