Emma Raducanu’s agent says folks ought to “not be malicious” in assessing the Briton’s profession since her US Open victory in 2021 and believes she will win more Grand Slams.
Raducanu has not reached the third spherical of a serious since she defeated Leylah Fernandez to assert the Flushing Meadows title two and a half years in the past and turned the primary qualifier to win a Grand Slam.
The 21-year-old has been blighted by harm since, along with her return to the WTA Tour earlier this 12 months coming after an eight-month absence resulting from wrist and ankle surgical procedures.
Raducanu was knocked out within the first spherical of the Qatar Open earlier this month, shedding 6-0 7-6 to Anhelina Kalinina
Speaking on the Served With Andy Roddick podcast, Max Eisenbud mentioned of Raducanu: “The girl did everything backward, she skipped every step.
“She gained the US Open, she went to the following event, she did not even know the place the participant’s lounge was, she did not know the place the apply courts have been.
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“Being tough on her or critical on her like any other player [is wrong]. But she is still figuring it out. I just think that people should not be malicious.”
‘I imagine Raducanu will win more Grand Slams’
Raducanu has been via a raft of teaching modifications in her quick profession, splitting with 5 to this point, and though Eisenbud says he does not “necessarily agree” with that technique, he has little question that tennis stays her No 1 focus.
Highlights from Raducanu’s defeat to Kalinina in Qatar
Eisenbud added of Raducanu, who’s now working with childhood mentor Nick Cavaday: “As the agent, do I necessarily agree with [the coaching changes]? I don’t. But it seems to work for her.
“As the agent we are able to solely attempt to advocate and say, ‘Hey, this one did it this fashion.’ But they [the family] appear to be very comfy in the way in which they’re doing it and I’ve to respect that.
“Maybe that modifications and perhaps it would not. But she actually is a tough employee. And tennis is her precedence.
“Yes, people want to see that she does other things. But the way I see her work and how smart she is, I believe she’ll win more [Grand] Slams.”
Raducanu is predicted to obtain a wildcard for March’s occasion in Indian Wells when these choices are introduced later this week.
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