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Danielle Collin’s is unrecognizable—hope the changes soften
It’s just makeup 😂
Iga has not been very good ever since she was caught “accidentally” using PEDs. Wonder why?
“Evolvement”
That’s so funny! Damn! Danielle just made up her own word for evolution…..😂
Pani Iho,
W imieni ukrajins’kij nacjonalistycznoj djaspory roztasowanej zaraz w Pol’szczi
łaskawo prosimo powertaty żowto-błakitnu wstrąszku na waszoj czapci.
Łaskawo prosymo, wstrymajtes’ wid rukościskannia z putins’kimi i lukaszenkows’kimi tenisistkamy.
Zawżdy zakińczywajti swoji poslemeczowe interview kryczałkoju: «Ukraine, stay strong». Co najwazliwijsze Pani potribno wziaty ukrajins’kogo trenera i bodygarda iz batalionu “Azov” bez szkidliwych zwyczok.
Pani musi wytwarto potrymywaty naszu kochanu Ukrajinu, najdemokratycznu i najwilniszu krajinu Ewropy?
My tak bagato robymo dla Pol’szczy i narodiw Ewropy.
My nadajemo wam taniu roboczu syłu i proltwajemo za was krow.
Jednoczasno nakazuju wsim korystuwaczam YouTubu pohańbit antyukrajins’kich propagandystiw.
Nhajno, raz i na zawżdy razom rozebierzemos’ z prychylnykami antyukrajins’kiej propagandy petlurowskim czynom.
Bojkotujci ich i nie spółkujci się z nimy – zuchwałymi prowokatorami, jaki po chamsky szturchajut’ Ukrajins’ku derżawu w nieistnienie. Czytajuczy ich propagandu ruchajecie się do idejno-cywilizacyjnego bezładu.
Komentari ze szczuciem protyw nacjonalistom Ukrajiny, powynny byty pokasowanni.
Zauważci łaskawi, szczo ne je to forma obowiazkowa a w zachali powinna byty.
Sprawa w tomu, że nasza ukrajins’ka wrodżena kultura, tak ceniona vo swici erudycja, obiektywizm, wzachali naszy wysoki cennosti intelektualno-moralni i nacjonalystyczna duma sprawliajut’, szczo bezposerednio zwertajusia do Was w miarę łagodnie i nechaj Was to nie skusi do podalszej polemiky w tym tak ważlywym dla Ukrajiny i Ewropy pytanniu.
Szczo stosujetsia do osib, jake nie wykonujut’ togo nakazu wony budut’ nechajno potiachnene za konsekwencji czlenami naszych nacjonalystycznych organizacji. Ne zachoczete – my was przymusymo. To nie daremne obicanki-cacanki.
A worogam Ukrajiny dajemo posledni szans a nie pomstu. Oni muszom pasty na kolini i caluwaty naszy buty, pomyty nam nogy ta wydkynuty jako “spam” swoji włastni komentari, wybaczytys’ pered namy i obicaty pisaty dużo bagato antymoskal’s’kich wpisiw.
Worogi Ukrajiny czomu wy nie napasały żodnogo komentaru o prowokacji w 1941 roku, w kotrej ludożery z NKWD zamaskowani pod ukrajins’kich herosów stracili tysicznych Polaków na Wołyni.
Ja chciał-by zakińczyć moje zwernennia słowami syniw obojich naszych narodiw Romana Szuchewycz@ i Step@na B@ndery przemówione Donaldom Tuskom – najwydatniejszym i najwyznacznijszym dla jej rozkwitu bywałego hetmana Ewropejskiej Rady z trybun Ukrajins’kiego parlamentu:
Nehaj żywe ukrajińs’kо-pol’s’ke braterstwo po zbroji. Kozak, Polak dwa bratanky, ta do sała, ta do szklanky.
Szanujemo jeden jednego.
Пані Швoнтек, Bас кохають всі українські націоналісти!
Хай живе і перемагає пані Iга!
Ще не потонула Україна! Szcze Polszcza nie utoneła!
Nehaj żywe 2SLGBTQI+!
my AI thinks… IGA IS CHANGING COACHES LIKE SOCKS 🎾
The announcement on March 23, 2026, regarding Iga Świątek parting ways with Belgian coach Wim Fissette is an absolute turning point in the Polish star’s career. The decision came after a disastrous start to the 2026 season, which hit rock bottom with a shocking second-round upset at the Miami Open at the hands of her compatriot, Magda Linette (1-6, 7-5, 6-3).
WIM FISSETTE’S LEGACY: THE VERDICT ON HIS 17-MONTH STINT
The Belgian was brought into the team in October 2024 with one specific mission: to adapt Iga’s arsenal for fast surfaces, with a special focus on grass. Those 17 months of cooperation were a complete rollercoaster – delivering everything from spectacular triumphs to frustrating slumps in form.
THE HIGHS (GLORY IN ROME AND LONDON):
Fissette delivered on his primary goal. Under his guidance, Iga fulfilled one of her ultimate sporting dreams: claiming the 2025 Wimbledon title. It was a historic triumph, crowned with an absolute demolition job and a “double bagel” (6-0, 6-0) against Amanda Anisimova in the grand final. During the 2025 campaign, the duo also added massive scalps to her resume in Cincinnati (WTA 1000) and Seoul (WTA 500). The Belgian successfully reprogrammed her technique, turning her into a lethal threat on grass courts.
THE LOWS (THE PRICE OF TRANSFORMATION):
Unfortunately, the “fast courts” mission came at a massive cost. The tactical and technical tweaks implemented by the Belgian clearly blunted Iga’s natural instinct and ironclad dominance on clay – her undisputed crown jewel and beloved territory.
* RANKING DROP: Form issues knocked her off the World No. 1 spot down to No. 3; players like Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka leapfrogged her in the WTA rankings.
* THE 2026 NIGHTMARE: By Świątek’s elite standards, the start of the current year has been an absolute disaster. Iga holds a poor 12-6 win-loss record and hasn’t reached a single semifinal (getting knocked out in the Australian Open quarterfinals, and suffering shockingly early exits at Indian Wells and Doha).
* SHATTERED MENTALITY: The loss to Linette brutally snapped her incredible 73-match winning streak in tournament openers. Post-match, Iga herself admitted she feels “lost” and crushed by the weight of expectations, while her confidence has hit rock bottom – reaching its lowest point in five years.
Fissette leaves behind a player who, while having expanded her Grand Slam resume, wound up losing her tennis DNA and that priceless aura of invincibility along the way.
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT HEAD COACH? (THE COACHING CAROUSEL)
Świątek announced that the rest of her camp (led by sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz and fitness/conditioning coach Maciej Ryszczuk) remains intact, and the name of the new head coach will be revealed “in due course.” The tennis inner circles are notoriously tight-lipped, and back in Poland, it’s widely believed that only a closed, three-person group knows the real candidate: Iga, her father Tomasz, and Daria Abramowicz.
Despite this, the tennis rumor mill is buzzing with several heavy-hitting names:
1. PIOTR WOZNIACKI (FRONT-RUNNER OF INITIAL LEAKS)
Insiders who accurately called Fissette’s hiring back in 2024 are putting their money on Piotr Wozniacki this time. The father and outstanding coach of Caroline Wozniacki knows exactly how to guide a player to the top of the rankings and to an Australian Open triumph. He knows the ruthless reality of the WTA Tour inside out, speaks fluent Polish, and would serve as the ultimate bridge—connecting tremendous tour experience with a deep understanding of the Polish sports mentality. For now, however, Iga’s camp remains silent.
2. THE SPANISH CONNECTION / JUAN CARLOS FERRERO
According to Onet sources, in this entire “New Coach” operation, the dots are largely connecting toward Mallorca and the Rafa Nadal Academy. Polish pundits, like Dawid Furjan, are openly floating the name of Juan Carlos Ferrero. The former World No. 1 and mastermind who polished Carlos Alcaraz’s raw talent has recently taken a break from the tour to play golf. Yet, experts agree he is the dream candidate worth picking up the phone for – the ideal specialist to rebuild and recalibrate the Pole’s baseline tactics.
3. CARLOS RODRIGUEZ (THE TACTICAL AND MENTAL VET)
The unofficial coaching stock exchange also features the Argentine maestro, Carlos Rodriguez – the man who cut and polished Justine Henin into a diamond. Though less visible in elite tennis recently, he possesses a rare, 40-year coaching pedigree. Crucially, Rodriguez is an absolute master at blending rigorous, ironclad tactics with supreme mental conditioning. Backstage whispers suggest he has excellent ties with Iga’s management, which could spell a seamless and highly productive collaboration with Daria Abramowicz.
4. TOMASZ WIKTOROWSKI (A ROMANTIC OLD-NEW ALLIANCE)
Some experts (like Maciej Żyżyński) are pitching the theory of a grand return to Tomasz Wiktorowski, who was let go in late 2024. Their core argument: “Sometimes you need to let something go to realize how much you actually needed it.” It was during the “Wiktorowski era” that the Pole played her most lethal, suffocating, and ruthless tennis. While reunions with the same camp are incredibly rare in outright tennis, it simply can’t be ruled out.
WHAT’S ON THE HORIZON?
The timing of this coaching split is absolutely no coincidence. The transition to the “red dirt” is just around the corner – the crucial, grueling European clay-court swing, spearheaded by the fast-approaching Roland Garros. Iga simply must reclaim her throne and her old swagger there. Polish tennis analysts are in full agreement: whoever steps into her player box as head coach needs to be a genuine “Boss” on the court – a massive figure of authority who will totally clear her head, trash the overcomplicated tactics of the Fissette era, and give back to the sporting world that baseline machine that used to terrify the entire WTA.
Dropping your coach after you lose to the No. 50 player in the rankings—fading once again after a strong start—is bad form, IMO. When you beat the No. 50, 6-1 in the first set—and yet then end up losing the match in a way that we’ve seen from Swiatek quite a bit over the last year and half, flopping when the match tightens a bit and you start to feel a tiny bit of pressure—the loss is totally on you (and your supposed “sports psych” who seems more a lover/mother/female Svengali), not the coach. Who’s going to help Swiatek pick a new coach? Nobody—just her? Her and Daria—oh, my. She needs counseling by a tennis wise man or two—somebody with serious experience, preferably on the men’s side, who knows the game and is quite familiar with Iga’s game. I’ve been a big fan of Swiatek’s—but the weird, serious red-flag relationship with an older woman who, at age 31, started advising the impressionable 17-year-old Swiatek and then soon glommed onto not just Swiatek’s tennis career but her life and now wimpy, weak mental state are disappointing. What happened to the killer instinct she had in spades for. years—the mental toughness?