In 2018, Iga Świątek won the junior Wimbledon, but in her professional career, grass is her biggest Achilles heel. So far, her best result in a London Grand Slam event is the quarterfinal in 2023. Last season, she was eliminated in the third round.
Świątek already has a goal for 2025. Her coach announces: “this is what unites us”
Her new coach, Wim Fissette, will help her achieve better results on grass surfaces. Świątek, in an interview for TVN24, announced that they would approach this period of the season differently. – Without a doubt, we will approach this grass season with a different attitude. I probably won't take as much break after Roland Garros as usual, and I'll go straight to the grass to spend an extra week on it. Wim has very big ambitions. I have already become disappointed with my game on grass or on a fast, hard court that I myself predict what will happen next year. He encourages me to approach it as a new story. For now, we are not preparing for any tournament, but we are working on the technique of some strokes, said the second-ranked player.
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Wim Fissette, who recently gave several interviews to the Polish media, has similar ambitions. The theme of Wimbledon was also present in them. – You can't become a coach of someone like Iga without big ambitions, right? We always go to tournaments to win them. This is what unites us. I want to help her win Wimbledon one day. I'm not promising it, but I think we'll have a chance. I will also help with tennis development and homework day by day, tournament by tournament. She is still a young player who can become better. We cannot be satisfied with where she has reached. You have to look ahead, Fissette said in an interview with “Rzeczpospolita”.
In turn, in an interview for “Przegląd Sportowy”, the Belgian explained the reason for Świątek's problems on this surface. – The better you do on clay, the more difficult it will be on grass and the less time you will have to prepare. Tennis is also a sport where self-confidence is important. You need to feel and say: OK, I'm sure I can win on grass. But only winning matches will give you this. So you have to play in a grass tournament before Wimbledon. It was difficult for Iga in the past – he summed up.