Come back with fresh forces! Emma Răducanu is betting on her successful man again. She resumed collaboration with the coach who made her queen at the US Open
Emma Răducanu briefly resumed her collaboration with coach Andrew Richardson, the one who guided her during the period in which she surprisingly won the US Open title, when she was still very young and coming from the qualifications.
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Ahead of her return to competition, including the tournament in Rome next week, the 23-year-old trained briefly in Spain at the Ferrer Academy near Benidorm. There, Richardson serves as director of tennis at the academy founded by former great David Ferrer.
Emma's team explained that this choice came from a desire to better adapt to playing on clay before the European tournaments. The fact that he has a good and older relationship with Richardson made this training option a natural fit. At the moment, however, there are no clear plans for the two to continue their long-term collaboration, neither during the clay season nor after it.
Emma Răducanu is gradually returning to the field
The youngster is preparing for the tournament in Rome, hoping to be fully fit for next week's Italian Open. On Saturday, she will train at the Foro Italico complex, where she will also play a warm-up set with German player Eva Lys. Being seeded, Răducanu will enter directly into the second round, which means that he will only debut in the competition on Thursday.
Her last official appearance was in early March at Indian Wells. Since then, she has worked with the support of Alexis Canter, after parting ways with coach Francisco Roig, a collaboration that ended after the Australian Open. Meanwhile, Răducanu stated that she is open to the idea of working with a head coach again, but has not yet found the best option.
