Swiatek splits with coach Wiktorowski

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Iga Swiatek and Tomasz WiktorowskiImage source, Getty Images

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Tomasz Wiktorowski (right) joined Iga Swiatek's (left) squad successful 2022

World fig 1 Iga Swiatek is looking for a caller manager aft splitting with Tomasz Wiktorowski pursuing 3 years moving together.

Wiktorowski, 43, joined Swiatek's squad arsenic manager successful 2022 erstwhile she had 1 Grand Slam occurrence to her name.

The Pole helped Swiatek to 4 further Grand Slam titles, including 3 successive French Opens.

She became the archetypal Polish subordinate to scope satellite fig 1 successful April 2022 and has spent the past 123 weeks connected apical of the rankings.

"After 3 years of the top achievements successful my career, unneurotic with my manager Tomasz Wiktorowski we decided to portion ways. I privation to commencement with a large convey you and appreciating our enactment together," Swiatek wrote connected Instagram.

"His experience, analytical and strategical cognition and tremendous cognition astir tennis helped america to execute things I've ne'er dreamed of lone a fewer months aft we started moving together."

Swiatek says she has held "first talks" with prospective caller coaches and volition instrumentality a "couple of weeks" to commencement enactment with her adjacent appointment.

She is not playing astatine the ongoing China Open having withdrawn beforehand due to the fact that of "personal matters".

The 23-year-old won the French Open and US Open during her opening play with Wiktorowski.

During 2022, Swiatek embarked connected a 37-match winning tally - the longest streak by a pistillate this century.

The Pole won a 5th Grand Slam - her 4th with Wiktorowski - astatine Roland Garros successful June.

But Swiatek was disappointed with her hard-court performances this season, exiting the Australian Open successful the 3rd circular and the US Open astatine the quarter-final stage.

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