Emma Raducanu splits from ninth coach after limp Australian Open performance
Emma Raducanu confirmed she has split from coach Francisco Roig following her second-round exit at the Australian Open.
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The 23-year-old hired Roig – Rafael Nadal’s former coach – last summer, but said she was planning to “re-evaluate” her game after a disappointing 7-6 (3) 6-2 defeat to Anastasia Potapova in Melbourne.
It appears the Spaniard is no longer part of the 2021 US Open champion’s plans after she paid tribute to their concluded partnership in a post to her Instagram Stories.
Raducanu wrote: “Thank you for our time together. You have been more than a coach to me and I will cherish the many good times we spent together on and off the court.
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“While we have come to the conclusion together that we ought not to move forward, please know that I am very grateful for all you have taught me and fond of our time shared.”
Roig is the latest in a long line of coaches with whom Raducanu has parted ways.
Asked about her plans following the Australian Open, she said: “I think I’m going to take a few days, get back home and try and just re-evaluate my game a bit.
“Watch it back, see where I can improve. What I have been feeling and also what is visually apparent. I definitely want to feel better on certain shots before I start playing again.
“I want to be playing a different way, and I think the misalignment with how I’m playing right now and how I want to be playing is something that I just want to work on.
“At the end of the day, I just want to hit the ball to the corners and hard. I feel like I’m doing all this variety, and it’s not doing what I want it to do. I need to just work on playing in a way more similar to how I was playing when I was younger.”