Emma Raducanu says she is \u2018excited\u2019 to draw on Francisco Roig\u2019s \u2018bank of experience\u2019 as the pair begin their collaboration as player-coach at the upcoming Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n
The pair announced the working relationship after a successful post-Wimbledon trial, with the upcoming Cincinnati Open being their first official event.<\/p>\n
Roig had previously worked with 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal from 2005 until the end of 2022, whilst also having helped Matteo Berrettini and Sloane Stephens since leaving the Spaniard.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst impressions are it\u2019s going really well,\u201d analysed Raducanu<\/a>, during an interview with the Guardian.<\/p>\n \u201cWe did a few days after Wimbledon together and I was really happy with how it went. I\u2019m just so excited to have him on board, so much experience. I\u2019m really looking forward to continuing.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I can definitely improve on a lot of my shots, just the quality of them.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I\u2019ve been good at being creative, scrapping, playing the big points well, but I think the overall quality of my game needs to be better.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I see that when I play the really top players where I can\u2019t run and scrap, wait on them to miss. I think that\u2019s where I need to improve.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd yeah, I\u2019m hoping he can help me with that.\u201d<\/p>\n The Brit had, most recently, been working with Mark Petchey since March \u2013 a period marked by a return to the world\u2019s top 35 and a maiden WTA 1000 last eight appearance.<\/p>\n However, Raducanu and Petchey admitted that the former needed a full-time mentor and coach going forward.<\/p>\n Petchey is also a long-time tennis commentator, something which forces him to travel around the world and severely constricts his availability \u2013 having been unable to attend all of the British No 1\u2019s tournaments.<\/p>\n \u201cI have some other commitments I can\u2019t get out of,\u201d he said, whilst on the Grand Slam Daily podcast in early July.<\/p>\n \u201cLook, we are very aware she needs a second coach to come in on board, and maybe just one coach, not me as well.<\/p>\n \u201cAll I am trying to do here is try to facilitate the best possible environment for Emma to produce the tennis that she can, whether that involves me or doesn\u2019t involve me, it\u2019s really not a question I\u2019m worried about.<\/p>\n \u201cIt just means we are trying to find something that is going to be really stable and good for her.\u201d<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz says he \u2018left the court happy\u2019 after losing to Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon<\/a><\/p>\n Elena Rybakina makes honest \u2018wasn\u2019t nice\u2019 admission after Victoria Mboko Canadian Open loss<\/a><\/p>\n Going forward, Raducanu believes that Roig\u2019s deep history with the tennis elite will help her continue to rise in the rankings and collect more consistent results, stating to Sky Sports: \u201cHe\u2019s obviously got a bank of experience and I\u2019m very excited to continue working with him and to have him on my side.\u201d<\/p>\n The Brit will face either Serbian No 1 Olga Danilovic or fellow countrywoman Katie Boulter in the second round of the Cincinnati Open, with \u2013 potentially \u2013 world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka awaiting in the third round.<\/p>\n Raducanu hasn\u2019t participated in the Ohio event since 2022, where she reached the third round and lost to seventh seed Jessica Pegula.<\/p>\n The post Emma Raducanu hoping to draw on new coach\u2019s \u2018bank of experience\u2019 after 18-year Rafael Nadal collaboration<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Raducanu says she is \u2018excited\u2019 to draw on Francisco Roig\u2019s \u2018bank of experience\u2019 as the pair begin their collaboration as player-coach at the upcoming Cincinnati Open. The pair announced the working relationship after a successful post-Wimbledon trial, with the upcoming Cincinnati Open being their first official event. Roig had previously worked with 22-time Grand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Latest Tennis News<\/h2>\n