Emma Raducanu to disregard John McEnroe and persist with weapons for complete profession
Emma Raducanu’s agent Max Eisenbud has revealed that she is going to proceed to work with quite a few coaches all through her profession, regardless of the recommendation of John McEnroe. The 20-year-old has been having fun with brief stints with completely different people, however a downturn in type has prompted inquiries to be raised in regards to the plan.
Raducanu parted methods along with her fifth coach in below two years when splitting from Sebastien Sachs final month, in what has been a theme all through her profession – for higher or for worse. The technique of teaching has had a wide range of outcomes, starting from her historic US Open victory to some depressing shows on the court docket.
McEnroe is amongst these to have questioned the rotation, explaining final 12 months: “This idea of a revolving door of coaches I just don’t think that’s good for any player, much less so for a player at this stage of her career. She has changed coaches, three, four or five times which is unbelievable for someone who has just come off winning a major.”
However, Raducanu’s agent Eisenbud has insisted that the tennis world must ‘get used’ to how her crew function as they don’t have any intention of diverting away from the philosophy. He informed The Tennis Podcast: “The coaching situation, right or wrong, and this is something that her dad and Emma pretty much control on all the coaching stuff, that has been their philosophy all the way up through the juniors.
“They never had coaches for a long time. You’ve probably heard of that. For them, that is calm waters, having a coach for five months and going on to someone else. That is not traditional and not the norm for most to win a Grand Slam and change your coach.
“I think you see players changing coaches all the time, particularly on the women’s tour. I think people have a hard time understanding how you can get to the fourth round of Wimbledon and then how you don’t keep working with Nigel Sears, who is a great coach and a great guy.
“All the people when she stopped working with Nigel were killing her… then she won the US Open. You were killing her for not staying with Nigel then she won the US Open. Then she changes coaches again. Andrew Richardson was a great guy and a great coach and definitely part of that success, but so was Tim Henman, who was really helping her a lot.
“Quite frankly, her dad was the one putting in a lot of the game plans for the matches.” Eisenbud then conceded that the fixed change could be perceived as being destructive, however insisted that Raducanu and her household really feel it’s the best approach for her to enhance and develop. He concluded: “Perspective, it doesn’t look great for people who want it to be wrapped up in a perfect bow. I understand that and I see that, but for the family that’s the way they have done it. People need to get over the fact that that’s what they need to do. It’s probably going to be like that for the rest of her career.”