By Riddhi Acharya
Iga Swiatek recently addressed the criticism WTA players have received for their consistency, as multiple top women’s singles stars faced early exits in Wimbledon. The Pole highlighted the winning record of herself, Aryna Sabalenka, and Coco Gauff while expressing that the tight schedule made it difficult to 鈥榳in everything鈥.The women’s singles event at the 2025 Wimbledon championships has seen a barrage of upsets in the opening round, as second seed Coco Gauff, third seed Jessica Pegula, and fifth seed Zheng Qinwen were all knocked out of the event in their first match. A day after this, fourth seed Jasmine Paolini registered a loss in her second round match.Recently, in a post-match press conference after her second round win over Caty McNally, Iga Swiatek was asked if fans could expect such upsets to become the norm going forward. Responding to this, the four-time Grand Slam champion said,鈥淚 have no idea what鈥檚 gonna happen in the future. And also, I remember you guys asking me questions why there鈥檚 no consistency on the WTA. I don鈥檛 feel that. Me and Aryna and Coco have been winning a lot. Sometimes we lose early, because the schedule is pretty crazy. You can鈥檛 win everything. I feel like on grass there are many upsets every year. It鈥檚 a surface we shouldn鈥檛 really.. I don鈥檛 know. It doesn鈥檛 really matter what happens here when we go to the hard court season I would say.鈥漇wiatek herself has had a strong run in 2025, reaching the semifinals of both the Australian Open and the French Open.Iga Swiatek clinches win over Caty McNally to move into third roundSwiatek in action at Wimbledon 2025 (Image Source: Getty)Iga Swiatek began her campaign in Wimbledon against Polima Kudermetova, whom she beat 7-5, 6-1. Up next, the 24-year-old squared off against former doubles partner Caty McNally. In this match, Swiatek came from behind to clinch a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 victory.After the game, the Polish star expressed that she was satisfied with how she played in the latter half of the game, saying,鈥淲ell, you know the second and third set I played how I wanted to play. In the first I got stuck a little bit, having a good score at the beginning but obviously Caty won the set. So I’m happy that I just got back and I played my game.鈥漊p next, Iga Swiatek will take on America’s Danielle Collins for her third round match. The duo have faced each other nine times before, with Swiatek having won seven of these encounter.