Emma Raducanu reunites with US Open-winning coach ahead of Strasbourg and French Open

British No. 1 Emma Raducanu has reunited with US Open-winning coach Andrew Richardson.

The partnership begins instantly, with Richardson becoming a member of Raducanu in Strasbourg, the place she’s going to make her return subsequent week after two months out via sickness.

Raducanu was strongly criticized for splitting from Richardson shortly after his beautiful win in New York in 2021.

At the time, the now 23-year-old stated she felt she wanted somebody with WTA Tour expertise, however, practically 5 years and a bunch of short-term appointments later, Raducanu has once more turned to Richardson.

“Grateful to have reconnected with someone who has known me for over a decade now and looking forward to building together one iteration at a time,” Raducanu stated.

It continues a sample of Raducanu favoring coaches whom she labored with previous to her fast ascent to superstardom and whom she feels she will be able to belief.

Richardson preceded and now follows within the footsteps of Nick Cavaday and Mark Petchey, whereas she has steadily turned to a different former coach, Jane O’Donoghue, for help and recommendation.

Raducanu set tongues wagging when she spent per week working towards with Richardson on the Ferrer Tennis Academy in Spain final month.

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She performed down discuss of a everlasting assembly on the time, having beforehand stated she was not actively on the lookout for a alternative for her most up-to-date coach, Francisco Roig, from whom she cut up following the Australian Open.

Raducanu has performed solely 4 tournaments since then, reaching her first remaining because the US Open in Romania in early February however choosing up a virus that affected her within the Middle East and Indian Wells earlier than she determined to step away from the tour.

Raducanu pulled out of occasions in Miami, Linz, Madrid and Rome however has taken a wild card into Strasbourg to present her time on the clay previous to the French Open, which begins on May 24.

She is about to slide to thirty seventh within the rankings subsequent week, that means she won’t be seeded at Roland Garros.