Swiatek leaves ‘baggage’ behind as she returns to New York
Iga Swiatek saw her hopes of a U.S. Open title defense dashed last year when she fell in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows but now says she feels free of the pressure that helped fuel that letdown. Swiatek, the tournament’s 2022 champion, was upset by Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko last year, and as a result…