Coach Wim Fissette is keen on making Iga Swiatek a much bigger threat outside clay and he has also warned Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina that he has his ways of preparing his player the best possible way for a match.
After splitting with long-time coach Tomasz Wiktorowski because the world No. 1 felt he couldn’t help her anymore, the five-time Grand Slam hired a non-Polish coach for the first time in her career.
And it is quite a name as Fissette guided Naomi Osaka to two Grand Slam titles in the past and he also worked with the likes of Victoria Azarenka, Simona Halep, Kim Clijsters and Zheng Qinwen.
While Swiatek is still ranked at No. 1, her main success over the last two seasons has come on clay and the feeling is that she is definitely vulnerable on hard and grass. But now she wants to change it.
“Our goal is for Swiatek to start adding more Grand Slam titles on other surfaces as well. The clay-court season has its own twists. There are a lot of matches and tournaments played in a short period of time. You need to get into a rhythm, gain confidence, and after Paris it’s time to switch to other surfaces. Then there will be an opportunity to work on playing on other surfaces and try to succeed there,” the Belgian told Eurosport Poland.
