Tennis legend shares main Emma Raducanu worry | Sports News

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has referred to as on Emma Raducanu to “commit” to a new coach, proclaiming “the sky’s the limit” for the rising star. The tennis sensation had her most spectacular streak since her 2021 U.S. Open victory when she soared into the Miami Open quarter-finals with out an official coach, solely to be halted by Jessica Pegula.

Raducanu, 22, parted methods with coach Vladimir Platenik simply earlier than the match, and TV pundit Mark Petchey stepped in alongside her advisor Jane O’Donaghue to bolster her teaching squad.

Sources say Tennis Channel would not object to Petchey, who beforehand coached Raducanu, supporting her on a short-term foundation.

However, Navratilova, an 18-time Grand Slam singles victor, suggested: “Hopefully she can sort out her coaching situation because she’s been in a state of flux, but I think she needs to commit to somebody and stay with them for a little bit, see how that works.

“If she performed like she did in opposition to Pegula, then the sky is the restrict.” Fourth-seeded Pegula battled her way to Saturday’s showdown, before losing to world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.

But Raducanu, after dispatching two top-20 adversaries to reach the quarterfinals, pushed the U.S. Open finalist to a gripping three-set battle on a steamy Miami evening, even requiring a medical timeout.

“It was wonderful,” Navratilova enthused to Sky Sports Tennis. “The approach she appeared on the finish of that second set, you assume this match is over and someway she gained the set, she gained the tie-break, and nonetheless competed within the third however she was not feeling nicely.

“I think the stress contributed to that because the weather was fine, it was cool, they finished after 11pm so the weather was [not a factor]. The humidity takes it out of you a lot, but still – this was something more for Emma and it’s just amazing that she finished the match.”

“If she stays healthy and plays this well, then she’ll be seeded at Roland Garros. I think she’ll move up the ranking well enough into the top 30. The biggest question mark is her health.”

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After climbing back into the highest 50, Raducanu is set to “re-evaluate” and strategize for the upcoming claycourt season. Meanwhile, Annabel Croft identified that some elite gamers do not keep on with a everlasting coach.

“Nick Kyrgios was one of those actually,” famous the previous British No. 1. “He has also been strongly defending the fact that Raducanu has supposedly fired so many coaches. Obviously that has been well-documented. She has almost joked about it this week, saying: ‘Yes I need to find some stability’.”

“She has also talked about wanting to be authentic, she’s a free spirit, she definitely knows herself. She says: ‘I want to find stability in my team’. But also she wants to be authentic, to be able to play with the character that she has, which is very, very free-spirited out there.

“Some gamers can undoubtedly go it alone however then they may dip into consultants right here and there. I believe she in all probability does need to put in a very secure crew going ahead. It can be attention-grabbing to see who she appoints after all of the success that she has achieved in Miami.”