Iga Swiatek, who won five Grand Slam singles titles, including four Roland-Garros, indicated at the beginning of October that she was separating from her former coach, the Pole Tomasz Wiktorowski, after three seasons together. She therefore found her replacement and he is a renowned figure on the WTA circuit since Wim Fissette has collaborated with many players.
In a statement published on social networks, Swiatek declared on Thursday “happy to announce that Wim Fissette is joining our team“. “He seems to have a good approach, vision and great experience at the highest level of tennis“, underlined the Warsaw native.
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In the past, Wim Fissette has worked with great stars of women’s tennis such as the Belgian Kim Clijsters, the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the Romanian Simona Halep and the German Angelique Kerber. More recently, he collaborated until last month with the Japanese Naomi Osaka, former world No.1.
Iga Swiatek, who withdrew from the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing citing “personal problems”, before doing the same for the one in Wuhan, explained in her message that she was now “preparing for the Women’s Masters” in Beijing. end of the year.
“I can’t wait to compete again“, underlined the player, who should by then cede her throne of N.1 in the WTA rankings to her runner-up, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. The Masters, of which she is the title holder, will be held from November 2 to 9 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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