Emma Raducanu picks her coach for Wimbledon as big sacrifice made

will reportedly be coached by Mark Petchey at Wimbledon, with their partnership expected to span the entirety of the grass-court swing. They previously worked together in 2020 before rekindling their alliance during this year's Miami Open. Since then, Raducanu has won eight of her 11 matches and recently entered the world's top 50 for the first time in three years.

She will continue to work alongside Petchey until at the conclusion of the grass-court season, according to . It means they will be together at Wimbledon and the other grass events, which will include a women's tournament at Queen's Club for the first time since 1973. Their next outing will be in Strasbourg later this month as Raducanu prepares for the upcoming French Open.

Petchey has been juggling his media commitments with his coaching role since teaming up with Raducanu. He also works as a tennis commentator but has reportedly cleared his schedule for the grass-court swing, a big sacrifice that will benefit the young Brit.

The 54-year-old has been working on building Raducanu's confidence by focusing on repetitive drills rather than fine-tuning her technique. Warm-up exercises like football and spikeball have also helped the former US Open champion to stay relaxed.

It comes just days after Raducanu insisted that she was in a positive frame of mind leading up to the French Open. Speaking after her one-sided defeat to in Rome, she made it clear that she was not looking to 'hide in a hole somewhere'.

"I would love to just keep improving, keep playing," Raducanu told . "I think that's a positive for me. I don't want to go and hide in a hole somewhere. I want to get back out there, so that's good.

"We'll see how it goes in the next week before the French [Open], if I get into Strasbourg. But, for now, I've played a good 12 days on the trot, so I'm looking forward a day off or so and then getting back to it."

Raducanu added that her impressive run at the Italian Open has delivered a fresh wave of confidence, with the 22-year-old having fun on the court once again.

"It makes it more enjoyable, it makes it more sustainable," she explained. "It doesn't make the losses feel as bad, because I just know that every day I'm trying to be the best version of myself. I'm trying to win the day and I've kind of gone back to that.

"I didn't win on the match court today but I'm going to find a way to win the day still today. It was a tough day in the office. I just have to take a lot of positives.

"I am getting out more, I am enjoying myself and taking it in wherever I go, because it is tough on the road, so I think just trying to find small pockets of the day, small glimmers, to make it more enjoyable."