Swiatek eyes place among greats with fourth French Open crown

Paris – Iga Swiatek said she is "confident" ahead of her bid to become only the fourth woman to win four Roland Garros singles titles in the Open era.

But Swiatek, who faces French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean in the first round, is not daunted by what she could achieve. "I would lie if I would say I'm not nervous, because everybody is, I think," Swiatek told reporters on Friday. The 22-year-old Pole has plenty of years ahead of her to chase records but is wasting little time -- her four WTA 1000 titles this season have taken her career total to 10. That is already only 13 short of Serena Williams' all-time record.

Sabalenka, the two-time reigning Australian Open champion, has reached at least the semi-finals in each of the past six Grand Slam events. "She definitely motivates me a lot to get better, and I think I improve so many things just because of her," said the world number two, who opens her campaign against Russian teenager Erika Andreeva.

"But at the same time I do feel that I can actually go for it. "It's 50/50, you know? But I prefer to be underdog. I really hope I'm going to make it to the final and I really hope I'll be able to get that win, if it's Iga or not."

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