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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=\"10 Apr 2026 3:30 PM\" data-ps-date=\"10 Apr 2026 3:30 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1775831448\"><br \/>\n                            10 Apr 2026 3:30 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                  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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Swiatek with insets of Nadal and Roig                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Renowned tennis Brad Gilbert will be keeping close tabs on Iga Swiatek\u2019s game in the coming months as he is eager to see how her new coach Francisco Roig and tennis great Rafael Nadal improve her game.<\/p>\n<p>Following a difficult start to the 2026 season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/iga-swiatek\">Swiatek<\/a> has slumped from No 2 to No 4 in the WTA Rankings as she has failed to make it past the quarter-final in the three months of the year.<\/p>\n<p>On the back of her second-round defeat at the Miami Open, the reigning Wimbledon champion announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-rafael-nadal-hint-coach-wim-fissette-departure\">she had parted ways with Wim Fissette<\/a>, who had only joined her as coach in October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks later and she announced Roig \u2013 who had coached Emma Raducanu until the end of January \u2013 would become her new mentor, starting immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Swiatek started her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-francisco-roig-coach-verdict-greg-rusedski\">new partnership with Roig at the Rafa Nadal Academy<\/a> in Mallorca and 22-time Grand Slam winner Nadal was on hand to share tips with the former world No 1 and he even taught her how to play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/rafa-nadal-teaching-iga-swiatek-secret-trademark-forehand\">his trademark forehand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert, who coached the likes of Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Andy Murray and more recently Coco Gauff, started off by explaining the difference between Roig\u2019s former charge Raducanu and his current one Swiatek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the big difference between those two [Swiatek and Raducanu] is movement,\u201d he said on the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ia4kZmyVGdM&amp;list=PLFJAUVEyhin5fYWmRH3P6Zn7aX49_PMqX&amp;index=2&amp;t=2991s\">Big T Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIga is unbelievably fast. She\u2019s probably the second-best mover on the women\u2019s tour behind Coco. So if he does want her to, or Rafa wants her, to maybe extend the points, she can do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like with Emma, maybe she doesn\u2019t feel like she can do that. She probably needs to add that to her game.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Iga Swiatek News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/kim-clijsters-francisco-roig-behaviour-disappointing-iga-swiatek-giovanni-mpetchi-perricard-move\">Kim Clijsters says Francisco Roig behaviour \u2018disappointing\u2019 during Swiatek-Perricard move<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/rafael-nadal-coaching-iga-swiatek-reaction\">Rafael Nadal coaching Iga Swiatek \u2018should be illegal\u2019 according to worried rival<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, the big question is whether or not there will be obvious changes to Swiatek\u2019s game following her sessions with Nadal and Gilbert is keen to see if her game evolves.<\/p>\n<p>The American added: \u201cBut it will be interesting to see how he does it \u2013 how much Rafa is going to be involved, because, what he\u2019s been doing the last few days \u2013 you see him on the practice court \u2013 has to be invaluable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he was showing her the \u2018buggy whip\u2019 forehand, I thought that was incredibly cool. A lot to learn from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd on this surface, at least you\u2019re starting with a player that\u2019s most comfortable on the surface. You know, she\u2019s been great at Roland Garros, and can she put it together and all of a sudden get some wins?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s yet to make a semi-final this year, but I think that you\u2019re starting on a surface that she\u2019s most familiar with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Gilbert underlines big difference between Iga Swiatek and Emma Raducanu after Roig switch Shahida Jacobs 10 Apr 2026 3:30 PM Swiatek with insets of Nadal and Roig Renowned tennis Brad Gilbert will be keeping close tabs on Iga Swiatek\u2019s game in the coming months as he is eager to see how her new coach [&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-1876116","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\/1876116","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=1876116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1876116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1876116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1876116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}