{"id":672821,"date":"2026-05-15T15:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672821\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:25:09","slug":"emma-raducanu-coach-british-number-one-reunites-with-andrew-richardson-who-helped-her-win-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672821\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu coach: British number one reunites with Andrew Richardson, who helped her win US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the five years since Raducanu stunned the world by winning the US Open, a question has often been posed by those seeking answers about her progress – or lack of it. <\/p>\n

Why did she not continue with the guy who guided her to that unfathomable victory?<\/p>\n

At the time, the split was often portrayed as a natural parting of the ways at the end of Richardson’s contract – as he wanted to focus on his job at the Ferrer Academy.<\/p>\n

Richardson later disputed that narrative,, external<\/a> indicating he would have been happy to carry on.<\/p>\n

It was also suggested Raducanu wanted a coach with greater experience of the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n

Wherever the truth lies, enough water has passed under the bridge for the pair to attempt to revive their spectacular winning formula.<\/p>\n

Raducanu played with an aggressive fearlessness during that unforgettable run at Flushing Meadows, taking returns early and hustling her opponents as she did not drop a set.<\/p>\n

She has rarely played with the same intent, belief and freedom since.<\/p>\n

After a dismal Australian Open second-round exit in January, she discussed at length how she yearned to play in “a way more similar to how I was playing when I was younger”.<\/p>\n

Raducanu feels more relaxed – and therefore plays better – when she is surrounded by long-time confidants who she trusts implicitly.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it seems natural that the carousel nature of her appointments – having gone through several full-time coaches, as well as a series of ad hoc guidance – goes back to almost the very start.<\/p>\n

After previously turning to Nick Cavaday and Mark Petchey, who have both known her since she was a child, Richardson is the latest familiar face who will attempt to help her kick-start a career which has failed to live up to its early promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the five years since Raducanu stunned the world by winning the US Open, a question has often…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-672821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}