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The British No 1 is gearing up for another crack at glory at Flushing Meadows and has scored a coaching coup by making an agreement with Francis Roig<\/a>, a former top-60 player who was part of Rafael Nadal\u2019s coaching team for 17 years.<\/p>\n Raducanu has teamed up with Francis Roig – Getty Images\/Daniel Kopatsch<\/p>\n The full roll-call of coaches from her professional career now features at least eight names, and includes Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson, Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov and Sebastian Sachs. There was also a brief interlude in Indian Wells this year where Vladimir Platenik sat in her player box while she lost a first-round match against Japan\u2019s Moyuka Uchijima.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople love to say I\u2019ve had so many different coaches but if I went into the details of a lot of them, people would not be saying the same thing,\u201d Raducanu told The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you see things like, \u2018Oh, Emma on her ninth coach\u2019, I\u2019m like, \u2018Guys, come on\u2019. Certain ones don\u2019t count. If you\u2019ve had a trial, you don\u2019t have to carry on after the trial. A few have been trials, a few have been other situations. I just try and take the high road \u2013 and try to do what the royal family would do.\u201d<\/p>\n Raducanu was stalked across four countries for at least three weeks<\/a> in a \u201ccalculating\u201d and \u201cterrifying\u201d campaign of harassment, one of her former coaches claimed earlier this year.<\/p>\n A man arrested in Dubai had followed her to every tournament since the Australian Open, according to Roman Kelecic, who is based in the city.<\/p>\n Raducanu said she had \u2018tried\u2019 therapy after being recommended to do it, but she gave up after two sessions and stopped after claiming the people helping could not relate to her.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The 22-year-old and Carlos Alcaraz are among the wildcard entries for the mixed doubles championship at the US Open which will take place before the main tournament on Aug 19 and 20, with $1m (\u00a3750,000) in prize money at stake for the winners.<\/p>\n Rumours about Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz swirled around Wimbledon – Getty Images\/Dave Benett<\/p>\n![\"Emma](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/94ec954eb282a37c27e70f0009d3874b.jpeg\"\/)
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