{"id":1800803,"date":"2026-03-01T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1800803"},"modified":"2026-03-01T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T15:00:24","slug":"emma-raducanu-gets-candid-advice-from-former-british-no-1-as-she-faces-crucial-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1800803","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu gets candid advice from former British No 1 as she faces crucial month"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Emma Raducanu gets candid advice from former British No 1 as she faces crucial month<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/kevin-palmer\" class=\"text-sm font-normal 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loading=\"eager\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Emma-Raducanu-with-Laura-Robson-inset-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Emma Raducanu with Laura Robson inset\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Emma Raducanu and Laura Robson                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/emma-raducanu\">Emma Raducanu<\/a> has endured a challenging start to 2026, but former British No 1 Laura Robson insists she is \u2018not concerned\u2019 by the uncertainty around the British No 1.<\/p>\n<p>After an injury-disrupted off-season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/emma-raducanu-coach-split-francisco-roig\">Raducanu was beaten in the second round of the Australian Open and promptly announced she was parting company with her coach, Francisco Roig<\/a>, after the opening Grand Slam of the year.<\/p>\n<p>She has suffered health and fitness issues in her matches since then, with some observers expressing concern over her ability to last the pace with the best players in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Now Robson has urged Raducanu\u2019s critics to reserve their judgement on a player who has confirmed she will be working with coach Mark Petchey once again for the WTA 1000 tournament at Indian Wells that gets underway next week.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to Tennis365 at a Sky Sports Tennis event in London, Robson offered up an upbeat view of Raducanu\u2019s ambitions as she looks to build momentum in her season.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/emma-raducanus-sponsors-endorsements-huge-new-uniqlo-deal\">Emma Raducanu\u2019s sponsors and endorsements after huge new Uniqlo deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/emma-raducanu-tim-henman-verdict-new-coach\">Tim Henman sends out a warning to Emma Raducanu as he makes \u2018overtaken\u2019 claim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always make such a big deal out of Emma changing a coach,\u201d said Robson. \u201cPetch is obviously someone who she gets on really well with and they obviously have a lot of the same ideas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether he has the time to do it on a longer term basis, I don\u2019t know, but I think Emma should feel confident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen her matches against [Aryna] Sabalenka last year and they were close, so she has to take a lot from that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat she needs to do is have a clear identity and a clear mindset on what she wants to do on court and when she does that, she has shown she can compete with the top players.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-183022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Laura-Robson.jpg\" alt=\"Laura Robson is a Sky Sports Tennis analyst\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption caption-183022\" style=\"margin-top:-8px\">\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\"> Laura Robson is a Sky Sports Tennis analyst<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p>The debate over whether Raducanu needs a full-time coach has been raging since her decision to part company with Roig, with Robson admitting there is no clear answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need someone with you for all the boring stuff like booking practice courts, finding someone to hit with and restringing, but it doesn\u2019t necessarily need to be a coach that does that,\u201d added Robson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s got Alexis [hitting partner Alexis Canter] with her and he can do that, so it\u2019s what you need as and when.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, she has gone back to Petch because she knows him well and it seems to go well when they link up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former British No 1 Tim Henman also spoke to Tennis365 about Raducanu, as he admitted she needs to ensure she is not left behind by rising young stars in the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s 23, you know, and there\u2019s plenty of 18, 19, 20-year-olds now on the tour, who are overtaking her,\u201d stated Henman.\u201dYou can\u2019t stand still, but she\u2019s still very good player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just my belief, and I think a lot of other people\u2019s belief that she could be a lot better. \u2029And that\u2019s an exciting, that\u2019s an exciting thing. There\u2019s no doubt that the scrutiny is a lot more for Emma than others, but she is used to that now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s 25 in the world, but a lot of us believe she can be a lot better. It will be exciting to see whether she can make that step now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been too stop start. Whether it is a change of coach or a physical setback. She has to become physically more resilient to be faster and stronger to compete with the biggest hitters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/emma-raducanu-sponsors-critics-mark-petchey\">Emma Raducanu: Why the critics are missing the point when they question the British No 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the WTA 1000 Indian Wells and Miami Open tournaments live on Sky Sports Tennis in the UK and Ireland<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Raducanu gets candid advice from former British No 1 as she faces crucial month Kevin Palmer 01 Mar 2026 6:00 PM Emma Raducanu and Laura Robson Emma Raducanu has endured a challenging start to 2026, but former British No 1 Laura Robson insists she is \u2018not concerned\u2019 by the uncertainty around the British No [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1800803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1800803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1800803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1800803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1800803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}