Emma Raducanu's US Open winning coach Andrew Richardson received no financial bonus for shock triumph says ex Amazon Prime presenter

Andrew Richardson who guided Emma Raducanu to her shock US Open title which she has not replicated in any semblance since received no financial bonus and was on a very limited contract according to ex Amazon Prime presenter, Marcus Buckland.

Speaking on the Talking Tennis podcast, Buckland who was a focal point of the coverage up until the move to Sky Sports in early 2024 said that Raducanu simply hasn't recovered since. He called the move to give Richardson nothing 'plain wrong' and the sacking was a 'big mistake'.

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Raducanu sealed $2.5m prize money for claiming the US Open and Buckland believes she has been poorly advised at times and not stuck to what she should have in terms of her tennis.

"I felt the biggest mistake they made was immediately after the US Open to remove Andrew Richardson in the manner they did was plain wrong. I think I'm right in saying he was on a very limited contract at the time. He received no bonus and it's not all about financial gain," said Buckland to Talking Tennis.

"He received no bonus for guiding her to the US Open title and I think that's really poor. It made no sense at the time. I understand the theory in the Raducanu team is we take the best out of one coach and then we move onto another.

Emma Raducanu (pictured) has had a myriad of coaches since deciding to split with Andrew Richardson.

"There may be an element of sense in that to a degree, but when you've got a winning team together particularly at that very early stage of her career, I just thought that was a huge mistake. I don't think they've fully recovered from that to be honest."

"A few months ago we were hacking around the place trying to pick up a few results at a modest level. Now I'm a US Open champion, I'm being offered this I'm being offered that. What do I do. Who is guiding me? My dad is there, he's not exactly experienced in this situation. So bring on IMG, they're going to be brilliant with the corporate side. But everybody realizes if you ignore the reason for your success i.e. your tennis, then it's all going to come crashing down. It's been a huge learning curve."

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