Emma Raducanu’s former coach Francisco Roig has been employed by reigning Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek little greater than two months after splitting with the Brit.
The previous US Open champion break up with Roig in late January following her second-round defeat on the Australian Open. The Spaniard was Raducanu’s ninth coach since her US Open victory in 2021.
Swiatek received Wimbledon for the primary time final 12 months however parted methods with coach Wim Fissette after shedding her opening match on the Miami Open, having been knocked out within the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells earlier in March.
Confirming the appointment on Thursday, the world No 4 posted a photograph of herself and Roig on Instagram with the caption: “Welcome to the team, Francisco! Very excited for this new chapter.”
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Iga Swiatek made a training change after shedding her opening match on the Miami Open.
Spain’s Roig is finest identified for his 17-year stint as a part of 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal’s teaching crew.
Swiatek, who additionally has 4 French Open titles and a US Open triumph on her file, has made the change simply earlier than the season switches to clay, which has historically been the Polish participant’s finest floor.
Raducanu instructed Sky Sports activities Information in March she felt that Roig, who she appointed in August 2025, had initiated the break up by questioning the path of their partnership following the Melbourne match.
“After Australia, me and Francis were talking. We have a great relationship, we could have a really open and honest conversation,” Raducanu stated.
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“He ended up saying, ‘look, I don’t think this is going in the way we both want it to’ so he ended it really.
“In a method I feel we had a number of moments the place we weren’t agreeing on a number of issues. Aside from that we nonetheless keep an important relationship.”
Raducanu is yet to appoint another permanent coach since splitting with Roig but has been working with Andy Murray’s former coach Mark Petchey on an ad-hoc basis.
She has withdrawn from next week’s Linz Open in Austria as she seeks to regain her fitness having suffered an illness earlier in the season. The 23-year-old also missed the Miami Open.
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