"This place inspires me," said Iga Swiatek - and that pronouncement alone in her Roland Garros stronghold should have been enough to terrify the resurgent French Open champion's challengers.
The 'Queen of Clay' hasn't won a single tournament - indeed, she hasn't even reached any final - since she won her fourth title here last year. She's sounded and looked riddled with doubt.
Yet on Wednesday, back at 2 Avenue Gordon Bennett, she was somehow infused with what she felt was "positive energy".
