{"id":1813677,"date":"2026-03-07T20:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1813677"},"modified":"2026-03-07T20:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:00:33","slug":"emma-raducanu-labelled-special-case-in-ongoing-coaching-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1813677","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu labelled &#8216;special case&#8217; in ongoing coaching debate"},"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 labelled \u2018special case\u2019 in ongoing coaching debate<\/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\/sam-cooper\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                      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Emma Raducanu in action                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Emma Raducanu has been described as a \u201cspecial case\u201d by Alexander Zverev who suggested he believes the Briton uses her coaches differently than most players on tour.<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu\u2019s choice of coach has also raised eyebrows, with Francisco Roig the seventh man to be reportedly appointed, but he lasted only until the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>After that, Raducanu explained that she was looking to play her natural game more than coaches would want her to and suggested she may go periods without having a permanent mentor in her box.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of a permanent coach has been put to players on both the WTA and ATP tour and Zverev suggested it would never work for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Emma is a very special case,\u201d he said. \u201cI love her, I really do, but I think Emma and coaching is quite a big difference between me and coaching.<\/p>\n<p>I have been with the same coach for 28 years, so yeah, it\u2019s a bit of a different question, different subject with her specifically.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, she has a coach here, right, with Mark Petchey. It\u2019s up to her. I mean, I don\u2019t know. I have the same people around that I like to work with, so that\u2019s just me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Tennis News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/emma-raducanu-explains-francisco-roig-split-why-reunited-with-mark-petchey\"><strong>Emma Raducanu explains Francisco Roig split and why she reunited with Mark Petchey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/emma-raducanu-coach-female-mark-petchey\"><strong>Emma Raducanu: Why the British No 1 may be wary of hiring a female coach<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In her reasoning for the lack of a permanent coach, Raducanu suggested she did not like others telling her how to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had a lot of people telling me what to do, how to play, and it hasn\u2019t necessarily fit,\u201d she told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I want to come back to my natural way of playing. That takes time to relearn because that\u2019s something that has been coached out of me a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to have a coach that works well, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s necessarily going to be easy to find one person and they are going to check every box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely have my mind open to it. It\u2019s just that I would rather someone not come in and tell me \u2018let\u2019s do this\u2019, and I disagree with it but have to listen to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/indian-wells-naomi-osaka-look-good-feel-good-approach-eye-catching-outfit\">Indian Wells: Naomi Osaka explains \u2018look good, feel good\u2019 approach after latest eye-catching outfit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Raducanu labelled \u2018special case\u2019 in ongoing coaching debate Sam Cooper 07 Mar 2026 8:00 PM Emma Raducanu in action Emma Raducanu has been described as a \u201cspecial case\u201d by Alexander Zverev who suggested he believes the Briton uses her coaches differently than most players on tour. 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