Iga Swiatek says she’s already made two big changes since hiring Francisco Roig as her coach
Iga Swiatek brought in Francisco Roig as her new coach ahead of the clay-court swing. The two worked together at the Rafael Nadal Academy in Manacor before heading to Germany for the Stuttgart Open.
Photo by Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty Images Iga Swiatek brought in Francisco Roig as her new coach ahead of the clay-court swing. The two worked together at the Rafael Nadal Academy in Manacor before heading to Germany for the Stuttgart Open. Ahead of the event, Swiatek spoke about adjustments she’s made since working with Roig.
Iga Swiatek talks serve adjustment and baseline focus since coaching change Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images In a conversation with Eurosport, Swiatek was asked about how her work with Roig has been going so far. “We focused more on the baseline game, but the serve is something that I’ve been changing quite a lot in my life,” she said. “I’ve got to say, I didn’t really feel comfortable with the last movement that I had.
“I was thinking, should I make the change right now in the middle of the season or wait? “But honestly, if you feel uncomfortable with something, you can’t really continue if you’re not 100% in your head, committed to it. “So I changed the movement to get my elbow in the back a little bit more bent, which can give me, I think, more speed and more dynamics later on.
” Swiatek has never been one of tour’s most powerful servers and her numbers this season don’t paint a great picture either. The Polish player isn’t inside top 20 for any of tennis’ main seven serving statistics. She will be hoping her new approach can help those numbers increase but understands there will be an adjustment period involved before she finds full consistency.