By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Emma Raducanu will possible experience the teaching carousel all through his skilled profession, his agent says.
The 2021 US Open champion has a behavior of parting methods with coaches after a couple of months of collaboration.
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Whereas some champions, together with John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova, have stated a continuing teaching presence may assist the Briton, Raducanu’s agent predicts she is going to proceed to cycle by way of coaches all through her profession.
IMG agent Max Eisenbud stated The Tennis Podcast Raducanu is comfy with the teaching change.
“It will most likely be like that for the remainder of his profession. That is what’s comfy for them,” Eisenbud stated. instructed the Tennis Podcast. “I am not saying it is proper or mistaken, however that is how they did it, and I feel it is good to do issues in a different way.”
Raducanu has labored with 5 totally different coaches over the previous two years. She has posted a 24-27 report since her impressed run on the US Open championship.
The British founder has parted methods with Andrew Richardson, who coached her to the 2021 US Open crown, weeks after making historical past as the primary qualifier, male or feminine, to win a Grand Slam singles championship. Raducanu additionally spent months with coaches equivalent to Nigel Sears, Torben Beltz and Dmitry Tursunov earlier than transferring on. Tursunov was Raducanu’s fourth coach in 16 months. Raducanu had a brief stint with coach Sebastian Sachs earlier than parting methods final month.
Final fall, Raducanu employed Andy Murray’s former physio Jez Inexperienced on his group as a bodily coach.
Eisenbud, who represented Maria Sharapova and Li Na, stated Raducanu and her father, Ian, view coaches as faculty professors. As a scholar, Raducanu absorbs as a lot as potential from every coach, earlier than transferring on to a brand new coach.
“His dad and Emma management all of the coaching stuff,” Eisenbud stated. “All through the juniors, they have not had a coach for a very long time, so for them it is calm waters—have a coach for 4 to 5 months after which transfer on to another person. “Emma and her father have their very own philosophy.
“Richard Williams (Venus and Serena’s father) had his personal philosophy, which was totally different, and Yuri Sharapova (Maria’s father) had his.”
The longtime IMG agent additionally prompt that you may depend on nice skilled trainers.
“We’re not sitting in a sport that has a plethora of nice coaches — possibly eight, 9 or 10 nice coaches,” Eisenbud stated. “Most massive, massive coaches do not wish to journey for 35 or 40 weeks a 12 months and depart their households behind, so you might have a small group that is prepared to journey and cost little or no cash, so that they maintain getting retrained and retrained. That is why you see coaches transferring round.”
Raducanu, 20, who underwent surgical procedure on his ankle and each wrists final Might, is at the moment in rehab and hopes to return earlier than the top of the 2023 season.
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