'I felt last year that I could adapt quicker.

I'll see what the plan is for this year because last year it was the first time I was able to play this tournament before.

I think to play some matches before Wimbledon is good, but on the other hand, I played basically almost every match in Stuttgart, Madrid, Rome, and here, and so we need to take care of my physicality, as well.

So we'll see what the plans are.

But I think the biggest progress I can make on grass right now is using my serves that was better, but also I don't expect a lot.

The balls are different.

Overall tennis is different on grass.

I'll just see and I'll work hard to play better there.

It's a huge challenge.

If I lost here earlier, maybe I would be able to play two more weeks on grass and then be a better grass player, but if I would choose, I love playing on clay, so I'm not going to give up that ever.

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1 Laura Robson feels Swiatek's natural spin on the forehand doesn't seem to have the same 'pop' on grass.

Speaking to, she said: 'The lower bounce doesn't shoot up on the grass court like it does on clay and a hard court.

In a way because she might need to play a bit flatter, especially on her forehand because her backhand has really, really improved, and she can flatten that shot out and can slice off that side.

I think her second serve as well.

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because it's generally a kick serve but it sits up a little bit more than other players.

I think it's something that she's probably aware of.

And she's coming off a Grand Slam win on clay so I think it would be really tough to reset mentally going into the grass-court season, which you know is not your best and you've just won a Slam and everything else.

There's just a few areas of her game that might need adjustments to do a lot better on grass but small things make a massive difference on grass.

The feeling I get from her is that she wants to do these one percent improvements in every match, let alone for a whole season on grass.

'Analyst Annabel Croft acknowledged the trouble grass gives Swiatek, even if she sees echoes in the Pole's demeanour of 22-time major winner Steffi Graf.

'Her ball doesn't do as much damage on the grass,' said Croft.

'She finds it's very tricky and I think with the grip she has on the forehand side, she's quite round on the forehand and when players keep the ball low and slice it down on the grass court it's very difficult for her to get that rolling forehand.

When she walks on court, the pace that she sets not only when she's hitting the ball, but the marching in between points and the kind of body language she's putting out, she's coming at you with everything.

Everything is targeted and she's giving off these signals that 'I'm in control, I'm setting the tone, I'm setting the pace for this match'.

It's very difficult for any player to keep up with her.

She does remind me a little bit of Steffi Graf when she was at her height people used to say she was like carrying a briefcase around the court with her the way that she was marching in between points, and the way setting the tone, big forehand winners and hitting winners left, right and centre and there's a lot about the way that she had that intensity on the court.

'In the run-up to the third Grand Slam of 2024 - Wimbledon - you can watch all of the biggest tennis stars in action as they compete across the grass-court season.