Iga Świątek hires Francisco Roig, former coach of Rafael Nadal, to replace Wim Fissette
Iga Świątek has hired Francisco Roig, a longtime coach of Rafael Nadal who most recently worked with Emma Raducanu. Świątek confirmed the hire on social media Thursday. Roig replaces Wim Fissette, who Świątek split with following her shock loss to compatriot Magda Linette at the Miami Open.
“Welcome to the team, Francisco! Very excited for this new chapter” she wrote on Instagram Stories. Świątek parted ways with Fissette in late March after a 18-month partnership, in which she won Wimbledon and
Iga Świątek has hired Francisco Roig , a longtime coach of Rafael Nadal who most recently worked with Emma Raducanu . Świątek confirmed the hire on social media Thursday. Roig replaces Wim Fissette , who Świątek split with following her shock loss to compatriot Magda Linette at the Miami Open .
“Welcome to the team, Francisco! Very excited for this new chapter” she wrote on Instagram Stories. Świątek parted ways with Fissette in late March after a 18-month partnership, in which she won Wimbledon and began shifting her style of tennis back to the controlled aggressiveness and counterpunching that defined her early success.
The shift was successful, but also left Świątek at times caught between two styles , her earlier one and the simpler, all-out attack that she developed with Tomasz Wiktorowski. The latter style brought her four of her six Grand Slam titles, the longest win-streak in women’s tennis this century (37) and over 100 weeks as world No. 1, but its directness ultimately made it possible to figure out.