"How can you go against her" - Navratilova picks Swiatek to win WTA Finals

| by Sebastian Dahlman

Martina Navratilova picked Iga Swiatek to win the 2022 WTA Finals as she simply can't see any player hitting her level.

With a 64-8 record thus far this year, Swiatek has been by far the top player in the world, winning multiple WTA 1000 events as well as two grand slams. With nearly 30 consecutive victories, she also enjoyed one of the best winning streaks in the history of tennis.

"She won two of the four majors, and the rest of it is just mind-blowing," started off Navratilova adding:

"When I had a great year, at the year-end championships, you relaxed. It’s ‘I had a great year, I don’t have to prove anything.’ She’s had a couple of weeks off. There’s absolutely no pressure on her, so she could play probably the most free tennis of anybody there."

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The former world number one can't see anybody reaching the peak of Swiatek as she picked the Polish player as the clear favourite to win the event:

"You have to go with Swiatek. How can you go against her? She would probably adapt the best to whatever the speed of the court is going to be," said Navratilova.

Breaking down her game, she added:

"She’s got pretty compact strokes, even though she puts a lot of topspin on that forehand. It’s not a massive swing, so she can deal with the faster court. And growing up in Poland, she probably would have practiced a lot on faster courts so she can adapt to that. If it’s slow, great, the topspin will pay off for her. I can’t go against her because she’s never going to beat herself."

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