Emma Raducanu reunites with former coach ahead of grass campaign at Nottingham

Emma Raducanu recently reunited with her old coach Jane O’Donoghue ahead of the Rothesay Open. The Brit decided to skip the French Open as she was not awarded a wildcard and was required to earn a main draw appearance through the qualifying rounds.

Raducanu has joined hands with her former coach Jane O’Donoghue as her main coach Nick Cavaday has not been keeping well. O'Donoghue had previously worked with Raducanu at the 2024 ASB Classic, where she reached the second round and lost to the eventual finalist Elina Svitolina.

The 2021 US Open champion had begun her preparation for the grass swing in late May when the rest of the tour was still competing on clay. She uploaded a video of her training on the grass courts on May 27.

The Brit has already reached Nottingham and begun her training for the grass season. She took to Instagram to share a picture of herself from the training session.

Source: Emma Raducanu's Instagram handle

Emma Raducanu will begin her 2024 Rothesay Open campaign on June 11 and will face Ena Shibahara.

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Emma Raducanu - "If not this Wimbledon, the next Wimbledon"

Emma Raducanu at the 2024 Rothesay Open

Emma Raducanu remained optimistic about her chances at Wimbledon in an interview with Grazia Daily in May 2024. The Brit said she was feeling good and was putting increased efforts into training.

She exuded confidence and backed herself to win Wimbledon, adding that for her, winning the grass court Major was a matter of when, rather than if. The Brit also expressed excitement about playing in front of her home crowd.

"I feel good. I’m playing well and I’m training really hard, I’m doing a lot of good things and I know it’s going to happen. If not this Wimbledon, the next Wimbledon. I fully back myself and trust myself. It’s just a matter of when really. I’ve been doing all the right things so I’m just looking forward to playing in front of a home crowd," Raducanu said to Grazia Daily.

Raducanu remained humble, saying that at first, she did not understand the magnitude of her achievement (winning the 2021 US Open). It was just recently that she grasped how influential sports could be.

"I didn’t really know or have any awareness that if I achieved great things, the impact it would have. I would say only in more recent years have I understood how far sport can go," she said.