Former World No.3 Gives Verdict on Emma Raducanu’s Coaching Changes and Shares What She Hopes to See in Women’s Tennis

Emma Raducanu is in Montreal for the second time in her career and will play Amanda Anisimova in the third round.

Former World No.3 Gives Verdict on Emma Raducanu’s Coaching Changes and Shares What She Hopes to See in Women’s Tennis

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Emma Raducanu first knocked out her friend Elena-Gabriela Ruse before she went past home favorite Peyton Stearns. In these two matches at the Canadian Open, Raducanu won without breaking a sweat.

Raducanu had skipped both the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Masters last year and suffered a first-round exit at the US Open, which made her vow that she would add many tournaments to her schedule this year. But she continued to produce poor results. Also, earlier this season, she parted ways with her childhood coach Nick Cavaday, who was dealing with health issues.

So far in her career, Raducanu has worked with Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson, Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov, and Sebastian Sachs. After a brief partnership with Vladimir Platenik, Raducanu added Mark Petchey to her entourage.

The first tournament she played under Andy Murray‘s former coach was the Miami Open. There, the 22-year-old produced her best performance after her fairytale run at the 2021 US Open.

Her constant chopping and changing of her coaching team is often discussed in the tennis community, and for the same reason, Raducanu has faced a lot of criticism. But former doubles No.1 Pam Shriver is not concerned about Raducanu’s coaching situation. She told Talking Tennis:

I know a lot of people question all the turnover in her coaching team, but as you know, she’s healthy and clear in her head how she wants to construct points, you know, she can lean on a lot of different voices and seems to be able to do pretty well.

Shriver also hopes to see former Grand Slam winners like Raducanu, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, and 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu get back to winning ways. Andreescu is currently ranked No. 187, while Osaka and Raducanu stand at 49th and 33rd positions, respectively.

But we need these past major winners that should still be in their prime to be able to be a part of the conversation, and then, can you imagine what we would have on the women’s side, so that’s my hope for women’s tennis is that does happen.

Pam Shriver added

Raducanu is a former World No.10 player. She reached the top 10 in 2022 thanks to her US Open win the previous season.

Emma Raducanu to play Amanda Anisimova next

Emma Raducanu‘s next opponent is a player who came close to winning Wimbledon this year. It’s Amanda Anisimova.

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

The American ace secured a spot in her career’s first Grand Slam final but failed to cross the final hurdle in the form of six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek, who ended her trophy drought with a 6-0, 6-0 scoreline to become the second player after Steffi Graf to double bagel her opponent in a Grand Slam final.

Anisimova is playing the Montreal WTA 1000 tournament for the fourth time in her career. The 23-year-old is also a former finalist in the tournament. She reached the championship clash last year but couldn’t go past countrywoman Jessica Pegula.

While Raducanu hasn’t yet lifted a title since that 2021 US Open, Anisimova has one WTA 1000 title under her belt – this year’s Qatar Open, which she won by beating Jelena Ostapenko. Apart from the Wimbledon and the Qatar Open, Anisimova also played the Queen’s Club Championships final but was unsuccessful in defeating Tatjana Maria.

Raducanu holds a 2-0 head-to-head lead over Anisimova. Before the Canadian Open, they were pitted against each other in the Australian Open second round and the Miami Open fourth round. Raducanu played the Citi Open before the Canadian Open. She reached the semifinals but couldn’t beat eventual runner-up Anna Kalinskaya. Anisimova, meanwhile, skipped the Citi Open.

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