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Piotr Sierzputowski
Piotr Sierzputowski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 21 September 1992) is a Polish tennis coach best known for coaching the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player Iga Świątek from 2016 to 2021. Career Born in Nowy Dwór Gdański, Sierzputowski is a former junior tennis player who took up coaching in his early teens, helping to train his younger sister, Alicja Sierzputowska, though he soon also coached other girls professionally at a local tennis club in Pomerania. While supporting his sister's career, he spent some time working in the United States with her and other players, including at the Johan Kriek, Johan Kriek Tennis Academy, before moving back to Poland to be an assistant coach at Legia Warsaw (sports club), Legia Warsaw's tennis club. In mid-2016, on the back of reaching a 2016 French Open – Girls' singles, junior French Open quarterfinal, then-15-year-old Iga Świątek began working with Sierzputowski, then 23, at Legia Warsaw. Within a couple months, Sierzputowski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowy Dwór Gdański
Nowy Dwor Gdanski (; ; formerly german: Tiegenhof) is a town in Poland on the Tuja (river), Tuja river in the Żuławy Wiślane region, capital of Nowy Dwór Gdański County, located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, with 10,171 inhabitants (2012). History The settlement was established in 1570. Initially owned by the Loitz family, it was later governed by the Weyher family, Wejher and House of Sobieski, Sobieski szlachta, noble families, including King of Poland John III Sobieski. Administratively it was part of the Malbork Voivodeship within the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish Crown. As a result of the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it was annexed by the Germany, German state of Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia. In 1920 it became part of the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk). On September 1, 1939, the day invasion of Poland, Germany invaded Poland, causing World War II, the Germans murdered the local Polish customs inspector. The town was then annexed by Nazi Germany. During the war, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
