The World number two has been through a turbulent period since her US Open quarter-final exit in September.
Swiatek withdrew from the China Open due to personal reasons and did not compete in Wuhan as she underwent some changes in her team.
The biggest change for Swiatek was splitting with her coach of three years Tomasz Wiktorowski and replacing him with Wim Fissette, the former coach of Naomi Osaka.
Following an excellent clay court season in which she won the Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros titles, S began to find things more challenging.
She has not won a title since then, and suffered an early defeat at Wimbledon, a comprehensive straight sets loss to Aryna Sabalenka in Cincinnati and Swiatek failed to win the Olympic gold medal.
In October Swiatek decided it was time for a coaching change and Rennae Stubbs thinks she has made the right decision and explained why.
“What do I think about how it’s going to go? I think it will go great because Wim will come in with new ideas and new freshness, he’s a lot more upbeat and positive than Thomas,” she said on self-titled Rennae Stubbs podcast.
“I thought Thomas was very dour. I was like dude, you have to make life better or find some joy on the tennis court or working with Iga, because Iga clearly when she is out on the court gets very stressed and all the things you see, you have to be able to monitor that. That’s where I think women coaches can be better in those situations. “
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