{"id":1779702,"date":"2026-02-19T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1779702"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:00:47","slug":"iga-swiateks-father-tells-critics-mind-your-own-business-after-they-questioned-role-of-psychologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1779702","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek&#8217;s father tells critics &#8216;mind your own business&#8217; after they questioned role of psychologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Iga Swiatek\u2019s father tells critics \u2018mind your own business\u2019 after they questioned role of psychologist<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/shahidaj\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Shahida Jacobs                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"19 Feb 2026 12:00 PM\" data-ps-date=\"19 Feb 2026 12:00 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1771502447\"><br \/>\n                            19 Feb 2026 12:00 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiateks-father-tells-critics-mind-your-own-business-questioning-relationship-psychologist\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a 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Swiatek\u2019s father tells critics \u2018mind your own business\u2019 after they questioned role of psychologist\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5 border-b border-page\"><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5\">\n<figure class=\"aspect-h-9 aspect-w-16 relative\">\n                                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Iga-Swiatek-with-inset-of-Daria-Abramowicz-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Iga Swiatek with inset of Daria Abramowicz\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Iga Swiatek with inset of her psychologist Daria Abramowicz                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>One of Iga Swiatek\u2019s former coaches as well as a Polish journalist have come under fire from the Grand Slam winner\u2019s father after they questioned the role that the world No 2\u2019s psychologist is playing in her career.<\/p>\n<p>Several coaches have come and gone, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/who-is-iga-swiateks-psychologist-daria-abramowicz\">Daria Abramowicz<\/a> has been by Swiatek\u2019s side for the past seven years and part of the various teams that guided the Polish star to six major titles.<\/p>\n<p>Sports psychologist Abramowicz has been working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/iga-swiatek\">Swiatek<\/a> since 2019 when she was still a 17-year-old rising star of the game, and the following year, the youngster shot to fame when she won the French Open as a 19-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>She has gone on to win another four Grand Slams, including a Surface Slam with her titles at the 2022 US Open and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-reflects-on-wimbledon-triumph-instagram-post\">Wimbledon in 2025<\/a>, and reached No 1 in the WTA Rankings with coaches Piotr Sierzputowski, Tomasz Wiktorowski and Wim Fissette (2024 to current) all playing key roles.<\/p>\n<p>Swiatek has never been afraid to change her coaches as she parted ways with Sierzputowski in 2021 and Wiktorowski in 2024, but Abramowicz has always remained part of the team.<\/p>\n<h2>Iga Swiatek News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/aryna-sabalenka-iga-swiatek-defended-former-no-1-ranking-point-punishment\">Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek defended by former No 1 after ranking point \u2018punishment\u2019 suggestion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-wim-fissette-reports-confirmed-fake-news-respected-polish-source\">Iga Swiatek-Wim Fissette reports confirmed as \u2018fake news\u2019 by respected Polish source<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Questions had been raised about Abramowicz\u2019s role with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/news\/iga-swiatek-disturbed-relationship-with-team-member\">Polish sports psychologist Dariusz Nowicki<\/a> claiming back in 2025 that \u201ccertain boundaries\u201d between therapist and player had been crossed and labelled the partnership \u201cdisturbed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-psychologist-daria-abramowicz-relationship-reaction-criticism\">Abramowicz and Swiatek both hit back<\/a>, but with the player going through a bit of a slump on the WTA Tour, the psychologist is back in the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>One of the world No 2\u2019s youth coaches, Artur Sostaczko, appeared on the \u201cTrzeci Serwis\u201d podcast with Lechem Sidorem, and they assessed her game \u2013 both the technical aspect and the mental side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know of any other case where a player spends day and night with a psychologist,\u201d Sostaczko said. \u201cThere are joint vacations, matches, movies, said the coach. But if it suits Iga, I won\u2019t discourage her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need to understand that I can express my opinion or be a little surprised, but if it suits the player, who is ranked second and was once number one in the world, with six Grand Slam titles to her name, what can we offer or advise her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sidorem then replied. \u201cLet me counter that. At the Australian Open and in Doha, it wasn\u2019t clear that Daria Abramowicz was helping in any way. Iga is a bundle of nerves; she doesn\u2019t have any mechanisms she could put into practice, such as sign language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is starting to look at this arrangement differently, with different eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sostaczko: \u201cYou\u2019re right, something isn\u2019t working again. [\u2026] But what I\u2019m getting at is that maybe during the preparatory period it would be worth going on vacation separately for a while. Even for a week, just give it a rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The podcast was aired on YouTube and the player\u2019s father <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/news\/who-is-iga-swiateks-father-former-olympic-rower-tomasz-swiatek-has-played-major-role-in-world-no-1s-incredible-career\">Tomasz Swiatek<\/a>, a former Olympic rower who regularly travels with her and Abramowicz to tournaments, slammed the pair in a comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat have you both achieved? Almost nothing, mind your own business. You don\u2019t know shit, you sleep on your feet,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iga Swiatek\u2019s father tells critics \u2018mind your own business\u2019 after they questioned role of psychologist Shahida Jacobs 19 Feb 2026 12:00 PM Iga Swiatek with inset of her psychologist Daria Abramowicz One of Iga Swiatek\u2019s former coaches as well as a Polish journalist have come under fire from the Grand Slam winner\u2019s father after they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1779702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1779702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1779702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1779702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1779702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}