Emma Raducanu was told by her new coach that she has to restart her career – because she lived her tennis life in “Reverse”.
And Guru Mark Petchey – a respected TV analyst – has defended her work ethic and claims that doubters should stop living in the past, because the sport has since continued Fairytale US Open victory.
Raducanu22, now switches to the grass after humiliation 6-1 6-2 Clay defeat to the defender Iga Swiatek With the French open.
What she achieved famous four years ago in New York, 18 years old and on her debut, has raised expectations and perhaps stacked too much pressure on her shoulders.
Petchey, 54, wants people to realize that tennis Balls are different nowadays – he claims that they are “four times heavier than in 2021”.
And after he has agreed to work with her since the Miami Open in March, and after an important training block in LA, he told her camp if he is not the right man to help her move forward, he will go aside.
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Talk about TNT SportsPetchey said: “From my point of view it is currently difficult for Emma.
“I feel that everyone will still be alive in 2021. The game has changed enormously.
“The balls are four times heavier than in 2021 and Emma is not one of the biggest battle people there are.
“If you cannot put the ball through the court, especially on a windy, heavy clay-court day against someone like Iga, you go into all kinds of problems.
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“Listen, on hard and grass that gorge is in my opinion much closer compared to where Emma was in Australia against Iga.
“She knows what to do and it will take a long time.
“My mantra for her since Miami has been: you know, you now start your career.
“Everyone is going to judge you on what happened in 2021, but the reality is for me, I would like to see that you are starting to build a normal career from here, where you will be judged in a few years.
“Just like Jack (Draper), Jacob Fearnley, Sonay (Kartal), all these people. That is where she unfortunately lives her career in the opposite way for Emma.”
The Petchey-Die born in Essex should have more free time in the grass campaign to work on the Practice Covals-has so far made subtle changes, in particular for her choice for racket series.
Raducanu, set to move to 37th in the world ranking, has been besieged with injuries since that £ 1.8 million US success.
One thing that Petchey has quickly defended is her work ethics and says it is a “myth” to suggest that she is afraid to start the hours.
“It has been better”
The former coach of Andy Murray said: “Since Miami, when we improvised and I started to help Emma, it is the only thing I told her – she has to close the gap among the best players.
“She doesn’t need me to sit in the world about 20 and 50 – and if I’m not the best choice, she has to find the best choice.
“The only thing everyone knows is that we have worked on her service lotion in Los Angeles. It is a longer movement. I think it has been better.
“But like every changes, it takes a while to bed in, especially if you go to one of the largest courts in the world, it cannot also shoot.
‘You look at someone like Daniil MedvedevHe has not won no tournament for two years.
“The game has changed. These balls have changed. For someone like Emma to move the ball, she must find a way to have the feeling that she can have an impact on players such as Coco (Gauff), (Aryna) Sabalenka, Iga.
“That’s my job. If I am not good enough, when I can find it, if someone else can do it …
“If you have experienced what she has experienced in the last four years, there is a capacity to get behind the ball a little faster and therefore to make something more happen with it. But many improvements.
‘I am a bit tired of hearing people say she is not working hard.
“I spent ten months with her in 2020, and I spent every day that I can do with her since Miami, and not once she did not submit a full day shift.
“In terms of every day and a good shift, she did it every time. So I would like to bury that myth where it belongs.”
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