Kubka: "I want to present myself as best as possible in front of Polish fans"
Translated from Polish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Tennis player Martyna Kubka looks forward to the WTA 125 Warsaw Polish Open, highlighting the home atmosphere and fan support.
- Kubka will partner with veteran Alicja Rosolska for Rosolska's farewell doubles tournament.
- Kubka aims to perform well in singles, focusing on a match-by-match approach and improved play after recent team changes and technical work.
Martyna Kubka anticipates the WTA 125 Warsaw Polish Open, emphasizing the tournament's familiar and supportive home atmosphere. "Home atmosphere. It's a tournament where you always feel the support of Polish fans, who come and create great cheering," she stated. Kubka also expressed excitement about partnering with Alicja Rosolska for Rosolska's farewell tournament, calling the prospect a "cosmos" when she was younger.
Home atmosphere. It's a tournament where you always feel the support of Polish fans, who come and create great cheering.
Looking ahead to her singles performance, Kubka is adopting a day-by-day, match-by-match strategy rather than setting specific results-based goals. She acknowledges the strong field of players with rankings close to or higher than hers but is motivated by the home crowd's energy. "I want to present myself as best as possible in front of Polish fans, because their cheering always carries," she said.
If someone had told me then, over six years ago in Luxembourg, that life would write such a scenario โ I wouldn't have believed it. Back then, the possibility of being on the court with her was like the cosmos.
Kubka noted a significant improvement in her singles play this year, breaking through her previous plateau in the fourth hundred of the rankings. This advancement, she attributes to changes made to her team a year ago and a productive preparation period. "We put a lot of emphasis on the forehand, because that's where I had the most room for improvement," Kubka explained, adding that technical and physical conditioning work has paid off. She believes there is still considerable room for further development.
Day by day, match by match โ that's the approach that works best for me.
Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.