{"id":688274,"date":"2026-05-22T22:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/688274\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:59:08","slug":"french-open-2026-emma-raducanu-on-trust-in-rehired-coach-andrew-richardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/688274\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open 2026: Emma Raducanu on trust in rehired coach Andrew Richardson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since that unforgettable US Open run, Raducanu has shown she plays better when surrounded by long-time confidants who she trusts implicitly.<\/p>\n

It is natural that the carousel nature of her coaching choices – burning through several full-time coaches, as well as ad hoc guidance – has swung back to almost the very start.<\/p>\n

Raducanu’s demeanour at Roland Garros has been markedly different to the tense, tight figure we saw at a dispiriting Australian Open.<\/a><\/p>\n

During a practice session with fellow Briton Francesca Jones, she hit with the focus and intensity many feel she has been lacking.<\/p>\n

Richardson is an old-school coach who brings volume to create good habits – basically, hitting plenty of balls and putting in the hard yards.<\/p>\n

Known as a ‘gentle giant’, Raducanu says Richardson also has a fiery side that ignites the competitive spark in her.<\/p>\n

His messaging during practice sessions might be sparse, but the targeted input has an impact with a player who likes to be challenged by her coaches.<\/p>\n

Richardson also brings a lighter touch, with Raducanu relaxed and jovial in a pre-tournament chat with British journalists.<\/p>\n

Proof of her progress will be in the pudding when she plays Sierra – who, unlike Raducanu, is a natural clay-courter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since that unforgettable US Open run, Raducanu has shown she plays better when surrounded by long-time confidants who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-688274","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\/688274","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=688274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}