Emma Raducanu has hired Rafael Nadal’s former coach Francis Roig until the end of the year. And the former US Open winner plans to start working with the Spaniard in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
The British No.1 had been working with her former coach Mark Petchey on a part-time basis since March, but Petchey has extensive media commitments during the US hardcourt season and so Raducanu has sought an alternative. Talks with Roig started during Wimbledon and the pair then underwent a trial period.
Roig, 57, acres as a backup coach to Nadal from 2005 to 2023 and last worked with Italian Matteo Berrettini. Raducanu dropped down to world No.38 in the live rankings after her defeat in the third round of the Canadian Open last weekend and needs to get back into the top 32 to be seeded at Flushing Meadows.
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