The coach of Emma Raducanu reveals his tough message for the former US Open winner after crushing the defeat at Roland-Garros for title defender Iga Swiatek

Emma Raducanu‘s Coach Mark Petchey has unveiled the message he shared with the player at the start of their partnership after her French open Second round defeat against Iga Swiatek.

The former British No. 1 was crushed by the title defender and four-time Roland-Garros winner on Court Philippe-Chatrier, 6-1, 6-2 on the show court of the Paris Tournament.

To her defeat against Swiatek, who wants to secure a fourth consecutive French open title next week, Raducanu had enjoyed an improved show on clay under Petchey.

The 22-year-old appointed Andy MurrayThe former coach at the Miami Open, after calling on her budding partnership with the then coach Vlado Splesik after just 14 days.

Raducanu then trained with Petchey in Los AngelesBefore participating in clay events in Madrid, Rome and Strasbourg before they travel to the French capital.

After the loss, Petchey – who manages his Punditry obligations with TNT Sport and the tennis channel in addition to working with the World No 41 – Bullish about the prospects of his player, while he called those who do not continue with her historic US Open -victory almost four years ago.

Mark Petchey has unveiled his ‘mantra’ before working with Emma Raducanu since he came to her

The 22-year-old closed her clay season with a whimmer when she lost in straight sets to Iga Swiatek in Paris

But Petchey has been bullish about the prospects of his player, aimed at a return to the top 20

“From my point of view it is difficult for Emma because I still feel that everyone is alive in 2021,” said Petchey on TNT Sport. ‘The games have changed enormously, the balls are four times heavier than in 2021 and Emma is not the biggest batter there is.

‘If you can’t put the ball through the field on a windy, heavy Clay Court Day against someone like Iga, you will get all kinds of problems.

‘If someone has viewed Iga’s losses during the Clay Court season, the players who have defeated her have absolutely light tennis. Although everyone says that the form of Iga is bad, I didn’t really think so, and she proved it yesterday.

‘On hard courts and grass is much closer compared to where Emma was in Australia (where she lost to Swiateek 6-1, 6-0) but against Iga and Coco (Gauff), she knows what to do and it will take a long time.

“My mantra has been for her:” You start your career now. Everyone will judge what happened in 2021, but the reality is that I want to see you build a career here where people will judge you in two years. ”

Petchey added that he was ‘tired’ of hearing complaints from those who believe that Raducanu is not working hard and that shares on the basis of his experience with her in 2020 and so far, ‘not once she has not submitted a full day service’.

‘Whether there are areas that are together, we can help her more profit in the fitness, or the tennis, or whatever – appear in terms of every day and use a good shift, she has done that every time.

“So I would like to bury that myth where it belongs.”

Petchey wants to drag both his player and the audience away from her Miracle 2021 US Open Run

The former coach of Andy Murray also emphasized how much the game has changed in four years

Petchey also sheds light on the high standards that he has set himself for working with the player, revealing that he has called on his employer to fire him if she thinks their partnership does not produce the necessary results.

“Since Miami when we improvised and I started to help Emma, ​​I said she had to start closing the gap among the best players,” Petchey continued.

‘She doesn’t need me to be in the world between 20 and 50, and if I am not the best choice, she must find the best choice.

Raducanu, who has no natural game on clay, can decide that her progress on grass is the ultimate benchmark for her work with Petchey.

The player made the fourth round at the Wimbledon championships last year for the second time in her career before they qualified the defeat against Lulu Sun in SW19, and will try to improve the result after improving her fitness in the past season.

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