By Joanna Plucinska

WARSAW (Reuters) – Iga Swiatek’s unbelievable run to the French Open closing has taken the tennis world by storm however her one one that just isn’t shocked is her coach Piotr Sierzputowski.

The music-loving 19-year-old has dropped solely 23 video games en path to the ultimate the place she is going to face American Sofia Kenin who in February claimed the Australian Open crown.

If Swiatek prevails she is going to turn out to be the youngest participant to carry the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since Monica Seles in 1992.

“It is not like she acquired to the place she is by probability,” Sierzputowski instructed Reuters.

“She could also be 19, however she has been engaged on this for a really very long time fairly rigorously and she or he been making steady progress for a few years.”

Whereas her coach described Swiatek as “a beast” on court docket earlier this week after she destroyed high seed Simona Halep within the fourth spherical, he says off the court docket she is only a common teenager, learning and listening to music.

He even stated this week she finds practise periods boring, however it’s her normality that enables her to play so freely on the court docket in huge matches.

“She listens to the likes of Weapons N’ Roses and we even went to a Florence and the Machine live performance throughout a visit to play the Australian Open,” Sierzputowski stated.

Swiatek is the primary Polish lady to achieve the Roland Garros closing in 81 years and the primary at any main since Agnieszka Radwanska at Wimbledon eight years in the past.

Sierzputowski acknowledged that Saturday’s closing is the prospect of a lifetime, however stated Swiatek’s preparation shall be precisely the identical as for each match she performs.

“We are going to put together as we might for any match. De facto, we can’t do something in another way that we have not completed up till this level,” he stated, which features a morning warm-up, then a chat about ways, then one other warm-up earlier than hitting the court docket.

Whereas Swiatek, who was ranked 54th on the earth when she arrived in Paris however is now on the verge of the top-20, has brushed apart opponents with ease thus far on the pink clay, Sierzputowski stated she shall be prepared for a battle with Kenin.

“The scoreline does not make any distinction, it is extra necessary if she is going to win or lose the ultimate,” he stated.

(Extra reporting by Martyn Herman; Modifying by Christian Radnedge)