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The Miami Open is one of the most prestigious titles in tennis – and several ATP greats have found success at the tournament over the years.

With the 2025 Miami open in full swing, we countdown the nine men who have recorded the most match wins at the iconic tournament.

=8) Andy Roddick – 33 wins

The last US man to be ranked world No 1 and win a Grand Slam title, Roddick starts this countdown with 33 match wins to his name.

Roddick’s Miami Open career was highlighted by winning the title in 2004 and 2010, while he was also a beaten semi-finalist in 2008.

=8) Jim Courier – 33 wins

Another great of the American game, four-time Grand Slam winner Courier matches compatriot Roddick with 33 match wins at the tournament.

Courier completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ by lifting the Miami Open title in 1991, and the former world No 1 also reached a further three semi-finals at the Masters 1000 event.

=6) Tomas Berdych – 34 wins

Berdych never quite got his hands on the Miami Open title, but the Czech star still found some success at the event.

The former world No 4 was runner-up to Roddick in the 2010 final, while he made the semi-final on three further occasions.

=6) David Ferrer – 34 wins

Matching Berdych on 34 wins is former world No 3 Ferrer, who also just missed out in triumphing in Florida.

The Spaniard was a beaten finalist at the event in 2013 and also reached a further two semi-finals across his long and successful career.

=5) Rafael Nadal – 40 wins

Tennis icon Nadal holds a rather unfortunate place in Miami history as the man to pick up the most match wins without ever winning the title.

Nadal lost five Miami Open finals – in 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2017 – while he also progressed to two more semi-finals at the Masters 1000 event.

4) Pete Sampras – 42 wins

Arguably the greatest US male player of the Open Era, former world No 1 Sampras is one of just five men to have won over 40 matches at the tournament.

Sampras’ record at the Miami Open is highlighted by back-to-back triumphs in 1993 and 1994 and then a third title in 2000, while he was also a beaten finalist in 1995.

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3) Novak Djokovic – 45 wins (and counting)

Already inside the top three of men with most Miami Open match wins, Djokovic will look to close the gap towards the two men in front of him in 2025.

The Serbian came into this year’s event with 44 wins to his name, largely in part due to the six titles he won in 2007, 2011-12, and 2014-16.

His opening-round win against Rinky Hijikata in 2025 brought his tally of wins in Miami up to 45 – just how many more can he pick up over the coming week?

2) Roger Federer – 56 wins

Just missing out on the top spot is Federer, who won an impressive 56 matches across his 18 appearances at the Masters 1000 event.

The Swiss was a four-time champion in Miami, lifting the title in 2005 and 2006, and then claiming further titles over a decade later in 2017 and 2019.

Federer was also a beaten finalist in 2002 and progressed to a further two semi-finals.

1) Andre Agassi – 61 wins

Agassi holds a joint record of six Miami Open men’s singles titles – so it comes as no surprise to see him at the top of this countdown.

The US icon triumphed for the first time back in 1990 and, after consecutive titles in 1995 and 1996, proceeded to win three straight titles from 2001-03.

Also a runner-up in 1994 and 1998, Agassi picked up a staggering 61 match wins at the tournament – a record unlikely to be broken any time soon.

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A clear winner is emerging from this year’s ‘Sunshine Double’ in America and it is the biggest name missing from the opening two ATP Masters 1000 tournaments of the season.

Jack Draper’s win in Indian Wells was a warning that the Brit is threatening to convert his enormous potential into something a little more threatening to the players at the top of the sport, while Brazilian wonderkid Joao Fonseca is continuing to impress and delight the crowds in Miami with his brand of explosive tennis.

Yet world No 1 Jannik Sinner will not be looking in on the events on both sides of American fearing his big rivals are making ground on him in his absence.

Sinner’s career will forever be tarnished by this current period that sees him serve a three-month suspension for the positive doping test he recorded at Indian Wells last March, but any suggestion that his enforced absence will end his dominance at the top of the men’s game can be dismissed after the events of the last couple of weeks.

His leading rival Carlos Alcaraz appears to be going through one of the most alarming phases of his career, as the young Spaniard admits he is struggling mentally after his defeat against Draper in Indian Wells was backed up by a shock loss against the veteran Belgian David Goffin in Miami.

“Mentally, I’m screwed, to be honest,” said Alcaraz after the Goffin defeat. “This is a tournament where I want to do well, and losing in the first round hurts a lot.

“I know this part of the season very well; I’ve played great tennis in the past at these tournaments, but after what happened today, I don’t really know what to say.

“I think I was feeling good after Indian Wells, but now with this loss, I don’t know what to say.

He also admitted he was nervous prior to the Goffin match, but suggested that was a positive sign.

“I felt great, I was fine, just a little nervous as usual before every match, but nothing out of the ordinary in these types of situations, nothing I hadn’t felt before,” he added.

“I felt prepared, convinced I could put on a good level of tennis, but in the end it just wasn’t to be. I did everything right before the match; it wasn’t a question of an injury or any other pain; I was fine before the match.

“I did have the feeling after the first set that this match was going to be tougher than previous ones, then I started to feel a little more tired in my legs, especially at the end of the second set.”

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Novak Djokovic would have been hoping to send out a message that he still had some fuel in his tank after an uncertain start to 2025, but the Serbian legend was well beaten by Botic van de Zandschulp in Indian Wells and will be hoping for better in Miami.

Meanwhile, Draper was brought back down to earth with a second-round loss to Czech teenager Jakub Mensik at the Miami Open.

Less than a week after winning the biggest title of his career, and one of the biggest in the sport, in Indian Wells, the British number one was felled 7-6[2], 7-6[3] by 19-year-old Mensik.

Draper’s early exit in Miami suggests his rise to the top will include plenty of highs and lows, while Holger Rune also failed to back up his run to the Indian Wells final after he lost against Reilly Opelka in Miami.

A glance at the draw in Miami confirms we may get some surprise quarter-finalists after a host of shocking results, which lead to a conclusion that Sinner remains the outstanding performer in the men’s game.

The Italian’s dominant Australian Open win in January added to the aura he has built up over the last year and while the image of the best player in the world spending time away from the sport for a doping violation is something of an embarrassment, Sinner looks well placed to click back into title-winning mode when he returns to action in front of his home fans at the Italian Open in May.

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Emma Raducanu has revealed that wins now often “mean so much more” than they did during her stunning US Open triumph.

World No 60 Raducanu picked up one of the biggest wins of her career at the Miami Open on Friday, shocking world No 10 Emma Navarro 7-6(8), 2-6, 7-6(3) in the second round of action.

It was just the third top-10 win of the 22-year-old’s career, and the first such win on hard courts.

Having beaten Sayaka Ishii in her opening match, it is also the first time that the Brit has picked up back-to-back wins since the Australian Open back in January.

Before the Miami Open, Raducanu held a disappointing 3-6 record for the season and also had to deal with a nightmare stalking ordeal at the Dubai Tennis Championships.

Her disrupted start to 2025 has extended a tumultuous run that began with her memorable US Open victory back in 2021.

Since becoming the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam singles title, Raducanu has climbed as high as 10th in the world, but long-term injury issues in 2023 saw her fall outside the world’s top 250.

She has failed to reach a WTA final since her triumph in September 2021 and, after closing in on a return to the top 50 in 2024, missed a large chunk of the end of the season due to further injury issues.

Speaking following her win against Navarro, Raducanu admitted that wins now were often more meaningful – having “been through so much” since her Grand Slam triumph.

“It was a lot of emotions when I won,” reflected Raducanu.

“I know I won the US Open, but I think having been through so much in the last few years, it’s like the wins now mean so much more.

“Not necessarily more in terms of magnitude, but I would say emotionally, just a lot more aware of all of the suffering as well.

“When I won the US Open, I just won 10 matches in straight sets. I didn’t have the losses, the downs, the months of losing streaks.

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“I think to come out of it now, I’d say it means a lot more than certain matches at the US Open.”

Raducanu will next face another American in the form of McCartney Kessler as she looks to reach the fourth round of the WTA 1000 event.

It will be her first career meeting against world No 48 Kessler, who is currently ranked 12 places above Raducanu in the WTA Rankings.

The Brit is currently projected to rise to world No 54 in the WTA Rankings after Miami, though victory on Sunday would push her up to world No 52 – and on the cusp of a return to the top 50.

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There will be no men’s singles Sunshine Double in 2025 after an opening-match exit for Jack Draper in Miami – and his fellow Indian Wells semi-finalists also succumbed to a similar fate.

In his first match since winning his maiden Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells, and reaching a career-high of world No 7 in the process, Draper was beaten 7-6(2), 7-6(3) by Jakub Mensik.

It was a sublime display from Mensik, widely considered one of the most talented rising stars in the men’s game.

The 19-year-old hit a staggering 21 aces – with no double faults – and dominated both tiebreaks to seal the sixth top-10 win of his young career.

Defeat would have been a disappointment for Draper, though there was little he could have done against an in-form opponent – and he was not the only man to go deep in Indian Wells and then struggle in Miami.

Joining the sixth seed in exiting the tournament on Saturday was 11th seed and Indian Wells runner-up Holger Rune.

The Dane was beaten 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) by Reilly Opelka in their second-round clash, with Rune missing out on the chance to seal a return to the top-10 win of the ATP Rankings.

Meanwhile, Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev—who lost to Draper and Rune in the Indian Wells semi-finals, respectively — previously suffered shock defeats on Friday.

Second seed Alcaraz, the 2022 Miami Open champion and title favourite in 2025, was far from his best in a stunning 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 loss to David Goffin.

Earlier in the day, seventh seed and 2023 Miami champion Medvedev was stunned 6-2, 6-3 in a lopsided loss to world No 56 Jaume Munar.

Medvedev has fallen down to world No 10 in the ATP Live Rankings and will be outside of the top 10 if Alex de Minaur wins his third-round clash against Joao Fonseca on Monday.

Draper is the first Indian Wells men’s singles champion to lose his opening Miami match since Dominic Thiem in 2019, though collectively all four men have made unwanted history.

This is the first time since the Masters 1000 format was officially introduced in 1990 that all four Indian Wells men’s singles semi-finalists have then lost their opening match at the Miami Open.

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It is also only the second time in Masters 1000 history that the four semi-finalists from the previous Masters event have all tasted defeat at the next such event.

The previous time this happened was across the 2022 Canadian Open and 2022 Cincinnati Open.

On that occasion, Canadian Open champion Pablo Carreno Busta was beaten in round one by Miomir Kecmanovic, while runner-up Hubert Hurkacz fell in three sets to John Isner.

The two Canadian Open semi-finalists – Casper Ruud and Dan Evans – lost to Ben Shelton and Filip Krajnovic, respectively.

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Emma Raducanu has injected some positive momentum into her 2025 season with her two victories at the Miami Open.

The world No 60 started her campaign at the WTA 1000 tournament with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 first round win over 19-year-old Japanese wildcard Sayaka Ishii.

The 2021 US Open winner then edged out world No 10 Emma Navarro 7-6(6), 2-6, 7-6(3) in a thrilling second round contest lasting just short of three hours.

This was Raducanu‘s third career triumph against an opponent in the top 10 of the WTA Rankings and first on hard courts.

The Brit will face a fellow unseeded player — world No 48 McCartney Kessler — in the third round in Miami.

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Kessler — who was born in Calhoun, Georgia — was a three-time All-American and three-time First Team All-SEC player in college tennis at the University of Florida.

The 25-year-old made an outstanding ranking jump from 217th at the start of 2024 to 67th at the end of the season. She secured her maiden WTA title at the  Tennis in the Land WTA 250 event in August last year.

Kessler has continued to make impressive strides on the WTA Tour in 2025, having added her second title at the Hobart International in January and finished as a runner-up at the ATX Open in March (both WTA 250 tournaments). All three of her finals to date have been on hard-court.

The American also upset world No 3 Coco Gauff 6-4, 7-5 in the second round of the WTA 1000 event in Dubai in February.

Kessler is currently one place below her career-high ranking of 47th — a position she reached in January after her Hobart title win. She is up to a projected new career-best of world No 42 in the live rankings.

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The 5ft9in right-hander earned hard-fought three-set wins over two Czech opponents to progress to the third round.

Kessler downed world No 50 Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the first round before overcoming 31st-ranked Linda Noskova 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 in her second round match.

When will the Raducanu-Kessler match take place?

The third round (last 32) contest between Raducanu and Kessler, which will be the first meeting between the two payers, will take place on Sunday March 23. The order of play for Sunday is yet to be announced.

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Asked for her thoughts about taking on Kessler in a Tennis Channel interview, Raducanu said: “I know she’s a really tough opponent.

“I just saw the end of her match in Dubai with Coco, so you know, she’s been playing really well and winning a lot of matches recently, in great form.

“So again, it’s a match where I know I’m gonna have to be at my best to kind of get through and have a chance. But I think for now, I’m just really happy with my performance today.”

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Novak Djokovic says advice from Andy Murray – his coach and former rival – was key to his ‘flawless’ opening-round performance in Miami.

The former world No 1 looked in fine form against Rinky Hijikata at the Masters 1000 event in Miami, winning 6-0, 7-6(1) to advance to the last 32.

“I was spending a lot of time actually with my team and training and really talking about the game and what needs to be done, not only from a tennis perspective but also mentally and emotionally,” said Djokovic to Sky Sports after the victory.

“I obviously started doubting my game a little bit more after Australia, I didn’t have a great match, I did lose to [Matteo] Berrettini in Doha, he was playing great.”

Coming into the Miami Open, Djokovic was on a three-match losing streak – something which he hadn’t experienced since March 2018.

At the 2025 Australian Open, he was forced to retire from his semi-final match after losing a close first set against Alexander Zverev, suffering from a hamstring injury.

Meanwhile, he lost in the opening round of Doha and Indian Wells – to Matteo Berrettini and Botic van de Zandschulp, respectively.

The Serb confessed that conversations with coach Andy Murray were vital in helping to turn around his form: “Andy and I talked about the game and we both agree if I continue to do the right things and play good quality tennis in practice sessions, it will come.”

“The first set-and-a-half, it was flawless tennis. I think it was fair the second set went into a tie-break and I played great in the tie-break.

“Obviously it’s just the first match but the way I felt on the court and the way I played is really encouraging.

“I haven’t played here for six years, it’s an amazing place.”

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Djokovic was also quizzed as to how long he will continue playing for.

“If we have to boil it down to two things, yes, staying healthy definitely, which I’ve done pretty well for most of my career, but obviously, body is not the same like it was 15 years ago, so I have to put in more time in taking care of it,” the 37-year-old stated.

“But also, yeah, taking care of my psychological state and trying to get up in the morning and feel motivated to keep going and push.

“And obviously, If I’m feeling and playing the way I did today, it’s pleasure and I have joy, I find joy on the court regardless of where I am. And then I want to keep going for as long as I have that feeling.

“Obviously it’s not going to be there every match, but as long as I have that feeling of being able to compete with the guys at the highest level, I’ll keep going. You know what I mean? So the desire is there, the support of the closest people in my life is there. Let’s see how far I can go.”

Djokovic will next face Argentina’s Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the third-round of the Miami Open, with the two having never met.

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Novak Djokovic has revealed what is crucial to his desire to continue competing after marking his return to the Miami Open with a victory.

The former world No 1 ended a three-match losing streak with his 6-0, 7-6(1) win over 24-year-old Australian Rinky Hijikata in the second round in Miami.

Djokovic‘s triumph against the world No 86 at the Hard Rock Stadium was his first match at the Miami Open since 2019.

The 37-year-old has won six titles at the Masters 1000 tournament in Florida — a record he shares with Andre Agassi. He secured his most recent Miami crown in 2016.

The Serbian made an impressive run at the Australian Open in January, defeating Tomas Machac, Jiri Lehecka and Carlos Alcaraz before injury cut short his semi-final showdown with Alexander Zverev.

Prior to Miami, Djokovic struggled at his two tournaments following the year’s first major as he lost to Matteo Berrettini in Doha and Botic van de Zandschulp in Indian Wells — both in his opening matches.

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After his strong display against Hijikata, Djokovic was asked if desire and health were the two most important things for him at this stage of his career during an interview with Tennis Channel’s Prakash Amritraj.

“If we have to boil it down to two things, yes, staying healthy definitely, which I’ve done pretty well for most of my career, but obviously, body is not the same like it was 15 years ago, so I have to put in more time in taking care of it,” the world No 5 explained.

“But also, yeah, taking care of my psychological state and trying to get up in the morning and feel motivated to keep going and push.

“And obviously, If I’m feeling and playing the way I did today, it’s pleasure and I have joy, I find joy on the court regardless of where I am. And then I want to keep going for as long as I have that feeling.

“Obviously it’s not going to be there every match, but as long as I have that feeling of being able to compete with the guys at the highest level, I’ll keep going. You know what I mean? So the desire is there, the support of the closest people in my life is there. Let’s see how far I can go.”

The 24-time Grand Slam champion will face lucky loser and world No 65 Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the third round in Miami.

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Carlos Alcaraz’s was dealt a big blow in his quest to track down Jannik Sinner at the top of the ATP Rankings as he suffered a surprise early exit at the Miami Open.

The four-time major winner fell 7-5, 4-6, 3-6 to world No 55 David Goffin in the second round of the Masters 1000 event at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

Alcaraz, who failed to generate a break point after the first set, now holds a 1-2 record against the 34-year-old Belgian.

It was a second successive defeat for Alcaraz after he was downed by Jack Draper in the last four at the Indian Wells Masters.

Jannik Sinner, the world No 1, is unable to compete until May 4 as a result of failing two doping tests in March 2024.

The Italian, who has been banned since February 9, last played at the Australian Open in January, where he defended his title.

Sinner’s absence has presented a big opportunity for both Alexander Zverev and Alcaraz — who are ranked second and third respectively — to close the gap.

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Zverev has struggled to capitalise so far, having lost four of his eight matches since losing to Sinner in the Australian Open final.

Alcaraz has had more success; winning the Rotterdam Open title, making the Indian Wells semi-finals and reaching the last eight at the Qatar Open.

The 21-year-old’s shock Miami loss, however, is a significant setback — with 1,000 points on offer for the champion.

Having reached the quarter-finals in Miami last year, Alcaraz’s second round exit has seen him drop 190 points in the Live ATP Rankings — taking his tally from 6,910 to 6,720.

Sinner will lose the 1,000 points he earned for winning last year’s Miami Open, which will take his total from 11,330 to 10,330.

Alcaraz will, therefore, trail Sinner by a sizeable 3,610 points heading into the clay-court season, which means it is not possible for him to become world No 1 before his rival returns.

On a positive note, the Spaniard will have some big chances to gain points on clay, having missed tournaments in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome through injury in 2024.

Sinner will drop a further 600 points — for his results in Monte Carlo and Madrid last year — before his expected return to action in Rome.

World No 2 Zverev could be the big winner from Miami as he has the opportunity to end the tournament on 8,545 points by securing the title. The top seed will face Jacob Fearnley in his opening match.

As things stand, the German is 2,775 points adrift of Sinner and 835 points clear of Alcaraz in the Live Rankings.

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Carlos Alcaraz made a brutally honest admission about how he felt mentally after his shock opening match loss to David Goffin at the 2025 Miami Open.

The world No 3 was beaten 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 by 55th-ranked Goffin on the Stadium Court at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

Alcaraz, who received a bye to the second round in Miami, was playing his first match since his semi-final defeat to Jack Draper at the Indian Wells Open last week.

It was Alcaraz’s earliest exit in Miami since he lost in the first round on his debut at the Masters 1000 tournament in 2021.

The Spaniard secured his maiden Masters 1000 title in Miami in 2022, while he reached the semi-finals in 2023 and the quarter-finals in 2024.

The four-time Grand Slam champion won his only title so far this season at the Rotterdam Open in February.

Asked how he felt personally after the match, Alcaraz reflected with candour on the painful loss.

“I don’t know yet what the next few days will be like for me. There’ll be time to analyse what happened and also to forget about it,” the four-time major winner told the media (translated from Spanish).

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“I know this part of the season very well; I’ve played great tennis in the past at these tournaments, but after what happened today, I don’t really know what to say.

“I think I was feeling good after Indian Wells, but now with this loss, I don’t know what to say. Mentally, I’m screwed, to be honest. This is a tournament where I want to do well, and losing in the first round hurts a lot.”

Alcaraz, who complained to the umpire about the serve clock rule in the second set, insisted the exchange had no impact on the match.

“Not at all, it didn’t make me lose focus. I just told the chair umpire that the time rule is ridiculous. They want to make tennis a little faster, make sure it’s there, but the margins are ridiculous,” the 21-year-old explained.

“I finished the point at the net and barely had time to do my routines, or even for the ball boy to do his job. You could see he was a bit confused, not really knowing what he was supposed to do.

“In the end, you waste a lot more time going to the towel, which is why I complained, because I feel like the time we have from the end of the point until we call for new balls is ridiculous.”

On how he felt prior to the match, Alcaraz added: “I felt great, I was fine, just a little nervous as usual before every match, but nothing out of the ordinary in these types of situations, nothing I hadn’t felt before.

“I felt prepared, convinced I could put on a good level of tennis, but in the end it just wasn’t to be. I did everything right before the match; it wasn’t a question of an injury or any other pain; I was fine before the match.

“I did have the feeling after the first set that this match was going to be tougher than previous ones, then I started to feel a little more tired in my legs, especially at the end of the second set.”

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Emma Raducanu is looking for a permanent coach once again, but she has drafted in some familiar faces to get her over another challenging period in her career after she disposed of the services of Vlado Platenik.

Raducanu’s latest coaching trial lasted just one match, as she informed Platenik that she was not happy with his input into her game after he joined her team for the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells earlier this month.

“I totally understand Emma, she’s not in an easy position. The world is looking at her after the US Open and everybody is expecting – including herself – what she is going to do next,” Platenik told the BBC.

“So for me, it’s absolutely understandable that she’s under a lot of pressure. She told me she was feeling stressed.

“There are no hard feelings from my side. She finished the relationship in a fair way, maybe too quickly, but this is tennis, this is sport. We need to respect that.

“She was not feeling OK, and that was her decision. I didn’t want to go into deeper communication about that. I think the player needs to feel good, and the player needs to make a decision. Sometimes you make a good decision, and sometimes bad.”

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Raducanu is on the hunt for yet another permanent coach after disposing of a host of advisers since her US Open win in 2021 and she has turned to a couple of familiar faces to give her some advice at the Miami Open.

Jane O’Donoghue has worked with Raducanu infrequently in recent years and answered the call from the 22-year-old to join her at the Miami Open in her coaching box.

In addition, former British Davis Cup player and respected broadcaster Mark Petchey has also joined Raducanu’s team, after he worked with the youngster prior to her iconic US Open win.

It is unclear whether O’Donoghue or Petchey would be willing to commit to a longer-term agreement with Raducanu.

Petchey, who is also a former coach of Andy Murray, is unlikely to watch away from his established role as a Tennis Channel contributor, but he is a big supporter of Raducanu and has spoken out against her critics.

“There’s no doubt that she is misunderstood,” Petchey told Betway in January. “If there was an Olympic event for cutting people down who have been successful, as a nation, we (Great Britain) would win the gold medal for it every four years.

“She’s had to deal with so much which must be incredibly hard for a youngster who is on the cover of every magazine and everybody’s favourite tennis player after the US Open. Obviously, when things don’t go from strength to strength, the attitudes of some people change.

“She’s already getting called a one-Slam wonder like she’s never going to win one again, and that must be incredibly difficult to deal with. People love to take pot shots at her but there’s a lot more to her than just being a tennis player.

“There is so much more to her personality, and she has so many other interests which people don’t realise.

“She’s not arrogant, but you’ve got to be confident. You’ve got to believe in yourself to exist and survive. Let alone thrive.

“Tennis is a ruthless hostile environment where you have at a Grand Slam, 127 other players who absolutely want to beat your brains out.

“They want the same dream that you’re fighting for, the same trophy and only one person is going to put a pair of hands on that silverware at the end of it. So, if you don’t back yourself, no one else is going to back you.”

Having friendly faces around her may be the best option for Raducanu right now, after she lived through a worrying experience in Dubai after what was described as a ‘fixated fan’ was removed from the stands of her match against Karolina Muchova.

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