Iga Swiatek discusses new coaching setup after loss to Mirra Andreeva in Stuttgart

Iga Swiatek’s first tournament campaign on the WTA Tour since changing coaches came to an end in the quarter-finals.

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.

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.

This wasn’t Andreeva’s first big result either. She reached last year’s French Open quarter-finals and took Aryna Sabalenka to three sets at Indian Wells earlier this year.

Following her victory over Swiatek, Andreeva moved into just her second semi-final on tour and will play Elena Rybakina for a place in Sunday’s final.

Despite Stuttgart exit, Iga Swiatek finds positives under new coach Francisco Roig

Andreeva fought back from a set down to beat Swiatek 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, setting up a semi-final clash with world number two Elena Rybakina.

Even with the loss, Swiatek sounded positive about her first tournament working with Roig.

“I think for now, you know, we’re getting to know each other,” she said in her post-match press conference.

“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 pleased by progress despite defeat in Stuttgart quarter-finals

Reflecting on the loss to Andreeva, Swiatek told reporters: “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 has dropped from second to fourth in the rankings after an inconsistent start to the year and will be looking to build momentum heading into the French Open next month.

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