“This change is really challenging for me, and this decision wasn’t easy, either,” Iga Swiatek wrote in 2021 as she announced her split from longtime coach Piotr Sierzputowski, the same man who had guided her from juniors to senior tennis. Yet when they parted ways, Swiatek mentioned the need for change to evolve. But now, Sierzputowski has finally spoken out about the real reason behind their separation.

Just recently, Sierzputowski spoke to Sport.pl and finally put words to what had gone unsaid for years. “I’m proud of how we worked together. But something fizzled out, and it was time for a change. It was Iga’s decision, not mine, but, honestly, I felt a kind of relief because we both felt that this was the right time.”

They began their collaboration all the way back in 2016, when

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