By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday October 4, 2024
The three-year partnership of Iga Swiatek AND Tomasz Wiktorowski the end has come. Five-time major champion Swiatek announced the news on Instagram on Friday, saying the rest of her team will remain intact.
“After 3 years of the greatest achievements in my career, together with my coach Tomasz Wiktorowski we decided to part ways”, wrote Swiatek. “I want to start with a big thank you and appreciating our work together.”
Swiatek: “It happened thanks to my whole sports team, with my fitness coach and physio Maciej Ryszczuk and my psychologist Daria Abramowicz on board.”
It looks like Wiktorowski will be the only one to leave Team Iga. pic.twitter.com/SXxQZUxPkd
— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) October 4, 2024
Swiatek began her run with Wiktorowski at the end of the 2021 season. The pair won four of Swiatek’s Grand Slam titles during their three-year partnership and claimed 19 of Swiatek’s 22 career titles.
“Coach Wiktorowski joined my team for three seasons when I badly needed changes and a new approach to my game,” Swiatek wrote. “His experience, analytical and strategic attitude and vast knowledge of tennis helped us achieve things I never dreamed of just a few months after we started working together.
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“Our main goal was to become the number 1 player in the world and coach Wiktorowski was the one who said it first. We aimed very high, we went to every tournament with a clear goal to win it. Together with coach Wiktorowski we won a lot tournament and 4 Grand Slams”.
Swiatek also announced her withdrawal from next week’s Wuhan Open.
She said she is taking a few weeks off to start working with a new coach.
“I am in the middle of the first talks with foreign (non-Polish) coaches,” she wrote. “Because I’m ready to take the next step in my career. I’ll let you know when I make a decision.”
