By Richard Pagliaro | Tuesday, August 5, 2025
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Ema Raducanu has hired Franciso ROIG To attempt to continue a season of Renaissance.
The Open Open 2021 champion has hired the former coach of Rafael Nadal by the end of the 2025 season, The news agency of PA Reports.
The 57-year-old Spaniard was a long-time training member of the Nadal team and has experience in the WTA tour. ROIG, who reached a high degree in careers of No0 60 at ATP Tour, also trained the 2017 US Open Champion Stephen Sloane.
ROIG has success Mark Petcheywho had trained Raducanu on an informal basis since Miami Open. Tenis Channel analyst had agreed to work with Raducanu until the end of the court season, but could not be committed to training full time due to his TV comments obligations.
Working with Petchey, who previously trained Andy Murray, Raducanu recorded some of her best results in years.
22-year-old Raducanu reached the quarter-finals in Miami and Queen’s Club and was a semifinalist in Washington, DC. Working with Petchey, Raducanu applied her athlete and found joy in her tennis.
33rd Raducanu has defeated former Grand Slam Champions of Grand Naomi Osaka and Marketa Vondrusova in recent months and led world no. 1 Aryna sabalenka with a break in both groups before bending 7-6 (6), 6-4 in Wimbledon’s third round.
After that match, Raducanu said he hoped to continue working with Petchey, but understood his position.
“Yes, it is very difficult. He obviously has his commentary commitments,” Raducanu told Wimbledon. “He agreed to help me until the end of Wimbledon and then we see from there because he gave up some work to work with me here, which I really appreciate and I am grateful.”
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ROIG challenge is encouraging Raducanu to continue to implement her athlete, the skills of all judges and the skills, especially against the big shocks who can defeat here. Wimbledon’s finalist Amanda Animova Raducanu 6-2, 6-1 in Montreal playing the brave tennis of the first blow.
However, Raducanu should be encouraged by the efforts she made to work with Petchey that made Sabalenka made a bold statement about Briton.
“I can’t predict anything, but I’m definitely sure, maybe not in a month, but maybe a little longer, but she will definitely return to the top,” Sabalenka said after winning her Wimbledon against Raducanu. “She is fighting. She’s playing much better.
“She’s more consistent. I can see her mentally she’s healthy. I think it’s really important. Yes, I’m very sure she’s getting there.”
