US EditionRaducanu splits with coach Roig after six months
- Last week Emma Raducanu announced on Instagram Stories that she and Francis Roig have ended their partnership, saying `While we have come to the conclusion together that we ought not to move forward` and `You have been more than a coach to me`.
- After her Australian Open defeat last week, Emma Raducanu said she planned to `re-evaluate` her game to hit `the ball to the corners and hard` and play more like when she was younger.
- Including interim appointments, Raducanu has worked with coaches into double figures, with Francis Roig, a Spaniard and former coach of Rafael Nadal, hired after a trial in October and departing after six months.
- She said she'll take a few days to re-evaluate, watching matches and working on her game after a 2025 season affected by illness and a bone bruise.
- Off court, Raducanu was spotted in Henley and linked to Oxford University, but she said last year she is focused on her professional tennis and would delay studying for now.
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Emma Raducanu splits with coach following controversial comments after Australian Open exit
Emma Raducanu has confirmed she has split from coach Francisco Roig following her second-round exit at the Australian Open after she gave a cryptic interview, appearing to take a swipe at him.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 Op…
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thisisoxfordshire.co.ukEmma Raducanu confirms split from her coach Francisco Roig
Emma Raducanu confirmed she has split from coach Francisco Roig following her second-round exit at the Australian Open.
Raducanu splits with coach Roig after six months
Jan 29 : British number one Emma Raducanu has called time on working with coach Francisco Roig after six months, the 2021 U.S. Open champion said on Thursday.The split comes on the heels of Raducanu's second-round exit at the Australian Open, where the 23-year-old fell 7-6(3) 6-2 to unseeded Anastasia Potapov
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