The 2025 Wimbledon champion suffered a major setback at the Canadian Open. Playing her first event since winning her sixth major title, Iga Swiatek looked far from her best in Montreal. In the R16 match, world number 15, Clara Tauson dominated the first set tie-break and wrapped up the contest against the former world number one by 7-6(1),6-3. At Wimbledon, it was Swiatek who had in fact brought an end to Tauson’s campaign by defeating her in straight sets. But more than a satisfaction of revenge, Tauson claimed this win was pretty much “unreal,” while Swiatek stated that her high error count cost her the match.

Iga Swiatek hit 46 unforced errors in that match, 25 of which were from her forehand side. Following that disappointing end to her campaign, Swiatek admitted, “I made too many mis

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