Iga Swiatek’s first tournament campaign on the WTA Tour since changing coaches came to an end in the quarterfinals.
Swiatek parted ways with Wim Fissette in March after an opening round exit at the Miami Open, splitting with the Belgian after a year and a half of working together.
The Pole has since appointed Rafael Nadal’s former coach, Francisco Roig, who spent six months with Emma Raducanu between 2025 and 2026.
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Roig was in Swiatek‘s corner this week at the Stuttgart Open, where she picked up her first win of the clay season against Laura Siegemund.
Faced with Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals, however, the six-time Grand Slam champion bowed out of the tournament.
Iga Swiatek says there is a ‘clear vision’ with Francisco Roig
Andreeva came back from a set down to defeat Swiatek, triumphing 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to set up a semifinal clash with world number two Elena Rybakina.
Despite the loss, Swiatek was fairly upbeat when asked to reflect on her first run under the wing of Roig.
“I think for now, you know, we’re getting to know each other,” said the 24-year-old in her post-match press conference.
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“He’s giving me space to kind of figure it out in matches. You know, I have a clear vision of what to do.
“It’s just sometimes hard to do that. That wasn’t like a main thing today, I would say.”
Iga Swiatek takes some positives from the defeat in Stuttgart
Reacting to the match with Andreeva, Swiatek said: “There were moments where I felt like I was playing better, for sure, than other moments where I dropped the level.
“She played better for a while, so I think these parts of the match that I played well, I felt like, you know, full control over what’s going on. So this is something positive. You just need to keep that towards the end of the match.
“I think the baseline game was, you know, it made sense. I felt like I kind of knew what I was doing, and this is something positive, because honestly, for, you know, previous matches, it wasn’t always like that.
“I think I returned the first serve of her pretty well, looking at the speed and everything. So these are the positives.”
Swiatek’s ranking has dipped from second to fourth this season after a disappointing first three and a half months of the season.
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