{"id":398882,"date":"2026-01-30T14:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/398882\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:27:13","slug":"emma-raducanu-splits-from-coach-francis-roig-after-just-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/398882\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu splits from coach Francis Roig after just six months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Raducanu<\/a> has parted ways with her coach Francis Roig after just six months she has confirmed on her Instagram.<\/p>\n

The former US Open champion announced the split just a week after she exited the Australian Open in the second round.<\/p>\n

In her Instagram post, Raducanu wrote: “Francis, thank you for our time together. You have been more than a coach to me and I will cherish the many good times we spent together on the court.<\/p>\n

“While we have come to the conclusion together that we ought not to move forward, please know that I am very grateful for all you have taught me and fond of our time shared.”<\/p>\n

Emma Raducanu has announced she has parted ways with coach Francis Roig after six months.\u00a0James D. Morgan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Roig was only hired by Raducanu last summer, having previously worked with Rafael Nadal, but after a frustrating 7-6 (3) 6-2 defeat to 55th ranked Anastasia Popova in Melbourne, the pair have called time on their relationship.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard was the ninth coach of Raducanu’s short professional tennis career, in which the longest partnership was with Nick Cavaday between 2024 and 2025, lasting 14 months.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old has battled back from significant injury woes to re-emerge among the top 30 again, currently ranked 29th and coming into the Australian Open as the 28th seed.<\/p>\n

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Speaking following her defeat down under, Raducanu spoke on wanting to play a totally different way going forward.<\/p>\n

“I think I’m going to take a few days, get back home and try and just re-evaluate my game a bit,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Watch it back, see where I can improve. What I have been feeling and also what is visually apparent. I definitely want to feel better on certain shots before I start playing again.<\/p>\n

“I want to be playing a different way, and I think the misalignment with how I’m playing right now and how I want to be playing is something that I just want to work on.<\/p>\n

“At the end of the day, I just want to hit the ball to the corners and hard. I feel like I’m doing all this variety, and it’s not doing what I want it to do. I need to just work on playing in a way more similar to how I was playing when I was younger.”<\/p>\n

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