Emma Raducanu Reveals Real Reason Behind Constant Coaching Changes Amid Criticism

After working with eight coaches, Emma Raducanu hired Rafael Nadal’s former coach Francisco Roig to her team ahead of the Cincinnati Masters.

Emma Raducanu Reveals Real Reason Behind Constant Coaching Changes Amid Criticism

Emma Raducanu (Image via X/British Tennis Players)

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Emma Raducanu was last seen in action at the Cincinnati Masters, where her run was ended by World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third round. In the tournament, she worked with Francisco Roig, the former coach of 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal.

Before Roig, the British ace was under the tutelage of Mark Petchey, Andy Murray’s former coach. She has so far worked with nine coaches. Apart from the aforementioned ones, the other coaches who were a part of her team were: Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson, Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov, and Sebastian Sachs.

She also had a two-week coaching trial with Vladimir Platenik, while childhood coach Nick Cavaday left her team to prioritize his health. Because of chopping and changing of her coaches, she has faced a lot of criticism and also has been advised to sort out this situation. But Raducanu, during an interview with The Guardian, has revealed why she has been hiring and firing members of her team.

I’m a lot more clear on what I do and don’t like. The experiences that I’ve had with different coaches… People love to say I’ve had so many different coaches, but if I went into the details of a lot of them, people would not be saying the same thing. I just don’t do that, because I don’t want to “out” these people. So I keep it to myself.

Under Petchey, Raducanu enjoyed a decent run in the tournaments she played. At the Miami Open this year, she reached the quarterfinal- her best campaign since her victory at the 2021 US Open.

Emma Raducanu hopes to have enthusiasm for tennis in the future

Emma Raducanu used to envy seeing her friends enjoying their vacation while she had to work. But during the same interview with The Guardian, she said it doesn’t affect her anymore. What she mostly hopes at present is to continue to have the motivation to play tennis and work constantly to improve her game in the years to come.

Emma Raducanu
Emma Raducanu (Image via X/Emma Raducanu Fan)

I want to continue for the next few years to just keep enjoying because I would rather not do anything else or be anywhere else. I see my friends, like, somewhere in the south of France, and they’re chilling on a boat or whatever, and I’m just like: ‘OK, well, it looks amazing,’ but when I’m putting in double session practices with the people around laughing, that fills me up so much more. So I’m really happy to have gotten to this place and [I want] to just continue that.

Her next destination is New York for the US Open. Raducanu, since winning her career’s first Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows in 2021, has not yet progressed beyond the fourth round of a Major.

In this year’s first three Grand Slam events, Raducanu failed to reach the fourth round. At the Australian Open, Iga Swiatek beat her in the third round, while at the French Open, the six-time Grand Slam champion again stopped her, this time, from advancing to the third round. At Wimbledon, Aryna Sabalenka knocked her out in the third round.

Last year at the US Open, Raducanu suffered a heartbreaking first-round exit and claimed her lack of matches before the US Open was the reason behind the disappointing defeat. But this season, Raducanu has played the three hard-court events held before the US Open.

At the Citi Open, she lost in the semifinals to eventual runner-up Anna Kalinskaya, while at the Canadian Open, Amanda Anisimova knocked her out in the third round. Her Cincinnati Masters run was ended by Sabalenka.

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