Emma Raducanu tries to find her place in world tennis, after wowing the world with her performances last year at Wimbledon (eighth finalist) and at the US Open (champion at the age of 18), and starring in a rather weak 2022 season (17-19 balance without titles).
To achieve this, the British, who is now 20, is looking for the ideal coach that he pushes her again, although for the moment, he has not found him. In fact, he has hired to the seventh in the last 18 months: the German Sebastian Sachs, a technician who has a lot of experience despite the fact that he is only 30 years old. Former player, he has trained, among others, his compatriot Julia Goerges, the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka and the Swiss Belinda Bencic.
Raducanu has been unable to handle the expectations and pressure placed on them by their early successes. On Friday he lost against Ons Jabeur in the Mubadala Tennis World Championship, the exhibition that is being held these days, with the presence of Carlos Alcaraz. “Last year I had a little sock. It’s incredible to play here in front of all of you, this is Ons’s home, so thank you for inviting me,” she said after competing head-to-head against the Tunisian. “I am quite happy. I had to cut my season short due to a wrist injury, so I’ve been working out in the gym, I started getting back on track recently in the last two weeks, very happy to be making some progressions and looking forward to 2023,” Raducanu explained.
coaches dance
The technical hustle in Raducanu’s career began after Wimbledon 2021, when he decided to do without the services of Nigel Sears and turn to Andrew Richardson, with whom he won the US Open. She but she fired him two weeks after being champion in New York. After a few weeks in which she was helped by a Spanish trainer, Esteban Carril, Emma hired the experienced Torben Beltz. The 2022 season began with him, although the professional relationship only lasted until April, because the young he wanted “a new training model”. Iain Bates, from the British Federation, was with her until The hiring of Dmitry Tursunov, controversial as it is a Russian in full conflict of the Eurasian giant with Ukraine. And now comes Sachs. The question is how long will his relationship last.
