After finishing cooperation with Tomasz Wiktorowski Iga Świątek said she was looking for a new coach. On Thursday, October 17, everything became clear. Our tennis player's new coach is Wim Fissette, who can boast of a very interesting and, above all, international CV. Under his supervision, the 23-year-old will want to improve several aspects of her game to become an even better player.
How long will the cooperation between Świątek and Fissette last? These numbers say it all
– I am very excited to work with Iga and join her team of experts. I had the opportunity to meet her in 2018, when she won her junior Wimbledon, when my then player Angelique Kerber won the senior title. From the evening I met Iga, I watched her development, but I also had the pleasure of sharing the court with her during the training sessions of the players I worked with, and often in fierce matches – emphasized the Belgian.
The list of previous players led by the new coach Świątek is really long. It includes: Kim Clijsters, Simona Halep, Wiktoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova, Angelique Kerber, Qinwen Zheng and Naomi Osaka. Attention to this issue in an interview with WP SportoweFakty returns Marek Furjan. Eurosport commentator and author of the Break Point podcast wonders how long Wim Fissette's cooperation with the Polish tennis player will last.
– Iga will try to turn a sprinter into a marathon runner. We'll see what the effect is. For 15 years he coached 10 tennis players, two of them twice, because Azarenka and Osaka were returning, so he is not famous for long cooperation. To his credit, these collaborations are fruitful. He broke her records with each tennis player results. It wasn't like he spent a year or a year and a half with someone and there were no visible results. The effects came quickly, so its disadvantages also have advantages, the expert analyzes.
According to Furjan, Iga Świątek did not have many reasonable candidates in Poland, which is why she finally chose the coach she met years ago during matches with his players. – They saw each other at the facilities, but they did not stay in the same box. We never know how someone will fit into the team. There are definitely question marks about what it will look like. There are so many pluses and good stories associated with this coach that you should not be afraid of it. Iga didn't have many potential candidates in Poland, the only reasonable one could be Dawid Celt. However, Iga wanted someone with even more experience, so she had to look abroad, he added.
Now all that remains is to wait WTA Finalsduring which Świątek will defend his title. The finals will start on November 2 in Riyadh.