Emma Raducanu has announced that she will not be participating in this year’s Madrid Open. The 23-year-old is recovering from viral illness and post-viral symptoms that she contracted in Romania in February.
Raducanu has also pulled out of the Miami Open and the Linz Open because she wants to focus on her health and recover properly.
Even though she is not playing matches right now, she is back in training and getting ready for the Italian Open, which will take place from May 5 to May 17.
She will be hoping to get back into good form and perform well on the court. After missing several tournaments, this will be a good chance for her to show her progress and confidence again.
In the past, she has not had great results at the Italian Open. Last year, she reached the third round, which is her best result there so far.
Before that, she was knocked out in the first round. This year, she will try to do better and go further in the tournament.
Raducanu is still working with Mark Petchey as her coach. However, Petchey also works as a TV commentator, so he cannot be with her all the time. Because of this, her coaching setup is not full-time.
She recently split from Francisco Roig. They only worked together for a short time, less than a year.
Since she became a professional player, Raducanu has worked with more than six coaches.
Some of them include Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson, Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov, and Sebastian Sachs. She worked with Andrew Richardson for about one year, and he coached her when she won the US Open in 2021.
