Emma Raducanu says she by no means employed somebody with the intention of working for a brief time period as she describes herself as “a very loyal person.”
After altering 5 completely different coaches in two years, the British tennis star caught the warmth from the media but additionally some former stars, who thought that it was a flawed strategy and one thing that might by no means work. The 22-year-old was particularly criticized after firing Andrew Richardson shortly following her 2021 US Open victory as many could not belieeve that she parted methods with the identical coach who guided her to a maiden Slam win.
Nonetheless, this 12 months, Raducanu managed to go a full season with one coach. After present process three surgical procedures in 2023 Could and splitting with Sebastian Sachs, the previous world No. 10 took a while earlier than discovering a substitute – she discovered it within the title of Nick Cavaday, her childhood coach.
Raducanu: I by no means wished to rapidly change a coach
After lasting a full season with Cavaday and in addition including energy and conditioning coach Yutaka Nakamura to her crew, the 22-year-old wished to dismiss one narrative that adopted her for the primary few years of her profession.
“It’s never really been my interest or philosophy to chop and change coaches. I’ve never really wanted that. I’m a very loyal person, whether that’s with my tennis or off the court. Or with what I eat. When I find something I like, I stick to it. I eat the same thing every single day. Same salmon every single day. I like those relationships and I think in the past, unfortunately, it hasn’t always worked like this,” Raducanu stated.
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In addition to the already talked about Richardson and Sachs, the Briton additionally labored with Nigel Sears, Torben Beltz and Dmitry Tursunov.
When the 2021 US Open champion determined to work once more together with her childhood coach, she wished somebody with who she was acquainted and cozy. And it labored out fairly nicely for Raducanu in 2024.
