Overview
- Emma Raducanu trained last week with Andrew Richardson at the Ferrer Tennis Academy in Spain, confirmed by her camp, and she is booked to practise at Rome’s Foro Italico on Saturday as she targets the Italian Open.
- Reporters from Press Association and others say there are no plans for Richardson to stay on, and Raducanu remains without a full-time coach after January’s split with Francisco Roig.
- She has leaned on hitting partner Alexis Canter in recent months and briefly tapped Mark Petchey at Indian Wells, continuing a pattern of short coaching stints with familiar mentors.
- The 23-year-old has not played since a heavy loss to Amanda Anisimova at Indian Wells in early March and skipped Miami, Linz and Madrid while recovering from post-viral symptoms linked to an illness in February.
- Rome begins Tuesday, with Raducanu listed to practise with Germany’s Eva Lys; if seeded, she would receive a first-round bye and start later in the week, which could ease her return after two months out.