Serena Williams’ former coach provides to assist Emma Raducanu
Serena Williams‘ former coach Rick Macci believes that Emma Raducanu may win a number of Grand Slams beneath his steering regardless of her lacklustre kind and protracted harm struggles over the course of this yr. The younger Brit has struggled to duplicate the success of her breakthrough yr since her unimaginable US Open triumph in 2021 and lately fell exterior the world’s high 100 for the primary time in practically two years after withdrawing from the Madrid Open.
Raducanu has additionally struggled to discover a long-term coach since dismissing Andrew Richardson shortly after successful her first Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows, however Macci believes that she would profit from his experience in launching the careers of younger stars after serving to the Williams sisters to flourish within the early Nineteen Nineties.
“I’ve never met her, I would love to work with this young lady,” Macci, who has additionally helped a number of different Grand Slam champions and top-ranked singles gamers over the course of his teaching profession, instructed i. “I could help her mentally, I know I could get this girl back on track.
“Her life has modified, however that doesn’t imply she has to alter. Everything has modified round her, but it surely’s nonetheless her enjoying tennis. I don’t know her. Is she nonetheless that hungry, nonetheless that aggressive? These are the questions which are going to be requested quite a bit, as a result of persons are all the time going to imagine that’s why she’s not doing as nicely, as a result of she has different pursuits, blah, blah, blah.
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“I can’t answer that question, but it has to be about one thing, anybody, anytime, anywhere: a love to compete, and by the way, if I compete well, there’s candy at the end of that. It can’t be the other way around. If it is, you’re not going to be as hungry.
“I think that she’s been taught very well. She understands the geometry of the court, those things are there, but I’d have to sit down with her or any pro player that was struggling, [because] I’ve got to know what’s in her head. I’ve got to know what’s going on before I get into it because confidence, you can’t buy over the internet. You can’t buy it at the grocery store, it can come and go in the blink of an eye.”
Macci went on to level out the obvious distinction in mentality between Raducanu and the Williams sisters, who he claims had been destined for tennis stardom due to their unparallelled resilience beneath the burden of strain in the course of the early levels of their careers.
“When you’re confident, you take it a little early, cut the court, more adventurous, get up to the ball earlier, volley more,” he added. “That’s what people don’t understand in sports, confidence breeds confidence. Unfortunately, it can go the other way.
“That’s what I saw about Venus and Serena, they were bulletproof. Nothing fazed them, I could see that. I’d love that opportunity [to work with Raducanu] if it ever came, but I just have to get to know her and what’s in her head because the game is there, but it’s a game of inches. I think in the blink of an eye, this can turn around.”