Tennis’ newest superstar Emma Raducanu celebrates return to UK by playing with Duchess of Cambridge
In an occasion commemorating Raducanu and different British champions from Flushing Meadows, she took to the court docket with the Duchess of Cambridge in London.
Kate is a patron of the Garden Tennis Affiliation (LTA), and Raducanu referred to as it a “excellent day for some tennis.”
Raducanu shocked the tennis world when she gained the US Open in a rare run during which she did not drop a set.
She turned the primary qualifier ever — man or lady — to win a grand slam title, having entered the match ranked a hundred and fiftieth on the planet.
Nonetheless, in the course of the occasion Friday, she introduced that she has cut up with coach Andrew Richardson following her win.
Richardson accompanied Raducanu for the US Open, teaching her on her outstanding journay to the grand slam title.
Nonetheless, she says she is now on the lookout for a extra skilled coach.
“The place I used to be at after Wimbledon, I used to be ranked round 200 on the planet, and on the time, I believed Andrew can be an incredible coach to trial so we went to the States however by no means did I even dream of successful the US Open and having the run I did and now I am ranked 22 on the planet, which is fairly loopy to me,” she stated.
“I really feel like at this stage in my profession, and enjoying the highest gamers on the planet, I noticed I really want somebody proper now that has had that WTA Tour expertise on the excessive ranges, which signifies that I am on the lookout for somebody who has been at that degree and is aware of what it takes.
“And particularly proper now as a result of I am so new to it, I really want somebody to information me who’s already been by means of that.”
