Polish Tennis star Iga Swiatek turned the tables on a reporter asking whether she needs a mental break following her shocking straight-set loss to Amanda Anisimova in US Open 2025 quarter-final at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. With the reporter asking her whether the youngster could use a mental break, Swiatek in turn asked him the same during the presser.
Swiatek, who had won the Wimbledon this year, came on the back of a brilliant run but lost to Anisimova 6-4, 6-3 to be knocked out of the competition. Anisimova had notably lost to the same opponent 6-0 6-0 in Wimbledon but has managed to defeat her comprehensively in the quarter-final.
Watch the below video from the presser:
"A few years ago I wouldn't have done as well as I have this time" - Iga Swiatek
Anisimova, the 24-year-old, admitted it was painful to watch the highlights of her Wimbledon loss to Swiatek but suggested that it has turned her mentally strong. She stated, as quoted by BBC Sport:
"I watched them [highlights] back, as painful as it was, just to see what I can avoid or what went wrong. Then after I had to watch some good highlights to remove that from my brain! I feel like I was able to bounce back from it [Wimbledon defeat] really quickly. Maybe a few years ago I wouldn't have done as well as I have this time. I would have maybe blamed myself more or held on to the guilt for longer. I made a point to myself, and also maybe to other people, that if you really put a positive mindset out there then you can have a positive outcome."
The American will face Naomi Osaka in the semi-final.
