{"id":1868552,"date":"2026-04-06T16:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1868552"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:45:58","slug":"iga-swiatek-gets-candid-verdict-on-hiring-rafael-nadals-ex-coach-from-former-world-no-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1868552","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek gets candid verdict on hiring Rafael Nadal&#8217;s ex-coach from former world No 4"},"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 gets candid verdict on hiring Rafael Nadal\u2019s ex-coach from former world No 4<\/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\/ewan-west\" 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                    Iga Swiatek and Francisco Roig with Greg Rusedski inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Former world No 4 Greg Rusedski has given his verdict on Iga Swiatek hiring Francisco Roig as her new coach and assessed that the Spaniard \u201cfits the mould.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/iga-swiatek\">Swiatek<\/a> parted ways with Wim Fissette after her shock early exit at the Miami Open last month, having been coached by the Belgian since October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>It emerged last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-wimbledon-champion-set-work-rafael-nadal-emma-raducanus-former-coach\">that Swiatek had chosen to link up with Roig<\/a> \u2014 a Spanish coach who worked with tennis icon Rafael Nadal between 2005 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The six-time Grand Slam champion trained at Nadal\u2019s academy in Mallorca in preparation for the clay-court season.<\/p>\n<p>Roig has also coached Matteo Berrettini and Emma Raducanu, while he briefly worked with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard this year before accepting a role on Swiatek\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the latest episode of his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=igFubrQ1FME\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Off Court with Greg Rusedski<\/em><\/a> podcast, Rusedski weighed in on Swiatek joining forces with Roig.<\/p>\n<p>The 1997 US Open finalist said: \u201cBecause Iga\u2019s a [former] world No 1, when the agent goes out and looks for somebody: \u2018Have you been with another No 1 player? Have you won a Slam?\u2019 And that\u2019s where Francisco fits the mould because the fact that he was with Rafa when he won majors. He\u2019s been in the industry a long time.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-sends-18-word-thank-you-message-to-rafael-nadal-as-videos-of-training-with-legend-emerges\"><strong>Iga Swiatek sends 18-word thank you message to Rafael Nadal as videos of training with legend emerge<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/giovanni-mpetshi-perricard-launches-attack-rafael-nadals-coach-teaming-iga-swiatek\"><strong>Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard launches attack on Rafael Nadal\u2019s ex-coach for teaming up with Iga Swiatek<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s what Iga\u2019s brief is to her agent: if you haven\u2019t worked with a No 1, or haven\u2019t coached a player to No 1 or a Slam win, she\u2019s not even having a look at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On a recent episode of his podcast, Rusedski reacted to Swiatek ending her collaboration with Fissette.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know Wim Fissette very well \u2014 great coach. Worked with Jo Konta, worked with Naomi Osaka. So he knows what he\u2019s doing out there. He\u2019s had some great runs with the players,\u201d said the former British No 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut obviously, since winning Wimbledon, they haven\u2019t had the results they would like. I\u2019m sure Wim will be back on tour soon, because he\u2019s one of the best in the business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s also getting that mentality. Sometimes Swiatek looks a bit too intense. She\u2019s got to learn how to go off court and relax, and then bring the intensity on court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure she\u2019ll get the balance right, but this clay-court season coming up is huge because she was supposed to be the new Rafa in the women\u2019s game; just dominating clay every year, winning Roland Garros. But it hasn\u2019t happened, so interesting to see where that goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/iga-swiateks-ex-coach-wim-fissette-delivers-candid-verdict-first-interview-split\">Iga Swiatek\u2019s ex-coach Wim Fissette delivers candid verdict in first interview since split<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iga Swiatek gets candid verdict on hiring Rafael Nadal\u2019s ex-coach from former world No 4 Ewan West 06 Apr 2026 5:45 PM Iga Swiatek and Francisco Roig with Greg Rusedski inset Former world No 4 Greg Rusedski has given his verdict on Iga Swiatek hiring Francisco Roig as her new coach and assessed that the [&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-1868552","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\/1868552","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=1868552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1868552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1868552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1868552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}