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 <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Tennis legend Boris Becker has proclaimed that \u201csomething needs to change dramatically\u201d for Iga Swiatek to \u201cget back on her winning track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former world No 1 Swiatek was upset in straight sets by Alex Eala in the third round at Wimbledon \u2014 a defeat that ended her title defence at the All England Club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/iga-swiatek\">Swiatek<\/a> did not progress beyond the quarter-finals at any of the four Grand Slams she has played since she secured her sixth major title at Wimbledon last year.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Polish great has not reached a final at any level since claiming her 25th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\">WTA Tour<\/a> title at the Korea Open in September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>After losing her opening match at the Miami Open in March, Swiatek parted ways with her former coach Wim Fissette following a difficult run.<\/p>\n<p>Swiatek has since been working with Francisco Roig, a long-time former coach of Rafael Nadal, but so far, her results have not improved.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Roland Garros champion has a 11-6 record since hiring Roig, and she suffered a fourth round exit at the French Open \u2014 her joint-worst result at the clay-court major.<\/p>\n<h2>Exclusive Interviews<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/iga-swiatek-problem-agnieszka-radwanska-exclusive-interview\"><strong>Agnieszka Radwanska tells Iga Swiatek \u2018the problem\u2019 she must solve to get back to her best<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/aryna-sabalenka-mentality-caroline-wozniacki-exclusive-interview\"><strong>Caroline Wozniacki defends Aryna Sabalenka from criticism as she answers \u2018mentality\u2019 question<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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>Speaking with former WTA world No 9 Andrea Petkovic on an episode of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jmws9M01X8w\" target=\"_blank\">Becker Petkovic<\/a> podcast, Becker was forthright as he discussed Swiatek\u2019s early Wimbledon exit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking about who disappointed [at Wimbledon]; if we\u2019re saying who should have actually gone further, among the women, I would say Iga Swiatek, because I\u2019ve seen her play significantly better,\u201d said Becker, a former world No 1 and six-time major champion (translated from German).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe needs to figure out where she stands now. As a Wimbledon winner and a former world No 1, it\u2019s just not good enough anymore. Something needs to change there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know her in detail. She always has new coaches by her side, new styles of play, her psychologist is still with her\u2026 it\u2019s good to pull the plug and really think everything over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is a young woman, only in the middle of her career \u2014 far from over \u2014 but something needs to change dramatically for her to get back on her winning track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my opinion, because women\u2019s tennis hasn\u2019t changed that much since she was winning big tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, something isn\u2019t right there at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/canadian-open-withdrawal-list-carlos-alcaraz-emma-raducanu-joined-karolina-muchova\">Canadian Open withdrawal list: 6 stars out as Carlos Alcaraz, Emma Raducanu joined by Wimbledon finalist<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Becker calls for \u2018dramatic\u2019 Iga Swiatek change: \u2018It\u2019s just not good enough anymore\u2019 Ewan West 19 Jul 2026 10:20 AM Iga Swiatek with Boris Becker inset Tennis legend Boris Becker has proclaimed that \u201csomething needs to change dramatically\u201d for Iga Swiatek to \u201cget back on her winning track.\u201d Former world No 1 Swiatek was [&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-2050981","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\/2050981","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=2050981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2050981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2050981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2050981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}