After 'sad' split from Iga Swiatek, former conditioning coach finds new home in Marta Kostyuk's team

Former conditioning coach of the Iga Swiatek Jolanta Rusin has joined young Ukraine’s tennis star Marta Kostyuk’s coaching staff.

The current world number one, in a post on her official account on the social media platform Instagram, recently announced that her professional relationship with Rusin came to an end. The Polish athlete called it the ‘saddest’ moment in her professional career.

“I feel like everybody should know that last week my professional relationship with coach Jola came to an end and that was probably one of the saddest moments in my career so far,” Swiatek wrote. “It's been amazing four years. I've always had a lot of fun and more importantly I've always got all the support I needed. Professionally and privately.”

Marta Kostyuk is often regarded as one of the most highly-rated young tennis players currently playing in the circuit and by adding someone with the experience of working with the best in business, she will be hoping to take the next step in her career in 2024.

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The current world number 33 had a rather average time on the court in 2023 where despite playing in the main draw of all four Grand Slams, she could not qualify for the fourth round or beyond in any of the mega-events.
In the Australian Open 2024 she made a tremendous effort in reaching the quarter-finals against Coco Gauff.