Overview
- Swiatek confirmed Thursday on Instagram that Francisco Roig has joined her team and began training with him at the Rafa Nadal Academy.
- The move follows her split with Wim Fissette after a second-round loss to Magda Linette in Miami and a drop to world No. 4.
- Rafael Nadal has been on court offering advice during sessions in Mallorca, and Swiatek publicly thanked him for making her feel at home.
- Their first event together is the Stuttgart Open, which starts April 13, as she builds toward the French Open.
- Roig spent 17 years in Nadal’s camp and more recently worked with Emma Raducanu and Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard, and Boris Becker called Swiatek’s choice a good one.