Emma Raducanu was having a resurgent 2025 under coach Mark Petchey, but Petchey’s broadcasting commitments meant she had to find a new coach. She also needed someone who could continue the momentum. After all, since her maiden and only Grand Slam win in 2021 at the US Open, she had had a rough few of years marred with injuries, problems, disappointing exits, and a whole lot of coaching changes.

“I can definitely improve on the quality of a lot of my shots,” Raducanu told BBC Sport in August, just a couple of days before her 2025 US Open campaign began. “I’ve been good at being creative, scrapping, playing the big points well, but the overall quality of my game needs to be better.” Well, at the time of her saying it, she had already added a new name to her coaching team. And a rather

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