Emma Raducanu smacks a forehand down the line winner against Pegula in Eastbourne. Her forehand is downright beautiful when she’s timing it well & feeling confident. Hoping to see a lot more of this at Wimbledon. 🇬🇧💚
"I just think it's crazy": Top trainer highlights Emma Raducanu struggles because of having too many 'yes' people around
WTATuesday, 01 October 2024 at 01:02
Top physical trainer Kieron Vorster believes that Britain’s
young tennis star Emma Raducanu must follow in the footsteps of the former
world number one Andy Murray to become fitter. The 21-year-old was once
regarded as the next big thing when she lifted the US Open title at the age of 18
in 2021.
The most impressive aspect of Raducanu’s triumph three years
back was that she started the campaign through the qualifying round and managed to go all the way and win the title after beating Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in the final in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-3. However, since then, not much has gone right for the former world number 10, and much of
that was down to suffering from injuries.
Raducanu returned to the court earlier this year but has
found it hard to consistently produce positive results. Her most recent appearance was in the Korean Open, where she was forced to retire during the
quarterfinal against Russia’s Daria Kasatkina because of a foot injury. That also
ruled her out of the ongoing China Open.
English media outlet Daily Mail spoke to Vorster, who is a former
strength and conditioning coach of Tim Henman, Dan Evans and Wayne Ferreira,
who explained why Raducanu has struggled to maintain consistency and fitness at
the highest level. Vorster was of the opinion that the one-time Grand Slam
winner must follow in the footsteps of Andy Murray to become fitter. She also suggested that she is struggling because there are too many ‘yes’ people around her.
“She just doesn't play enough matches,' said Vorster. “I've
seen her train and she trains hard, she works hard, there's no doubting that. But
you can train as hard as you like — if you don't have that match fitness, your
body is not hardened and robust enough to play match after match after match. I
think there could potentially be a lot of 'yes' people around her, instead of
people telling her what she doesn't want to hear. She's a good player. That's
not the issue. She turned down playing the Olympics, playing the French Open.
At 21 I just think it's crazy — you should be jumping at the chance. You've
only got to look at Andy Murray for somebody who made all the sacrifices year
after year: train in the heat in Miami, come back for one, maybe two days for
Christmas, then he'd be off again to Australia.”
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