Aiming to amplify her athleticism and strengthen her physique, Emma Raducanu has employed a famous health coach.
The 22-year-old Raducanu has employed health coach Yutaka Nakamura, the BBC’s Russell Fuller stories. Nakamura previously labored with Grand Slam champions Maria Sharapova and Naomi Osaka.
World No. 58 Raducanu has been stricken by surgical procedure and damage since her impressed run to the 2021 US Open championship the place she made historical past as the primary qualifier, male or feminine, to seize a Grand Slam singles crown.
Raducanu, who fell to Sofia Kenin within the US Open first spherical, reached quarterfinals in two of her final three tournaments of 2024.
The BBC stories Raducanu has been coaching along with her workforce—coach Nick Cavaday and Nakamura— have been coaching this week in London on the Nationwide Tennis Centre in preparation for her 2025 opener in Auckland.
Raducanu, who turned 22 on November thirteenth, stated Nakamura will journey along with her most weeks of the yr. She’s hopeful the work they do collectively will assist her keep more healthy and impose her athleticism on court docket.
“I feel he’s going to assist me simply actually discover how far I can go, like athletically,” Raducanu informed BBC’s Russell Fuller. “I feel it’s an enormous energy of mine that I’ve nowhere close to fulfilled. I feel I can change into top-of-the-line athletes on the market in tennis and I’m simply trying ahead to seeing how a lot I can do.
“My pure athleticism is one thing that I’ve to make use of. I’ve to hone it, I’ve to shine it, it’s nonetheless fairly uncooked and I don’t assume wherever close to totally developed so he’s going to assist me discover that.”
