![]() She must be prepared to deal with the media. ![]() ![]() She has to be able to deal with what comes with that. You do all this training to be a professional player and want to be the best in the world. If she really wants to be one of the best in the world – and she has the ability – then you need to cope with the pressure that comes with that. “Yes, you might lose a little confidence and fitness, but technically she’s very good – you don’t win a Grand Slam otherwise. I don’t know Emma or what’s in her head, but you don’t lose talent and ability. “If you look at Carlos Alcaraz, everything changed for him with success at an early age, but he was ready and loaded. I don’t know where her head is at, whether there is the hunger and belief there to be the best. I can help her mentally and strategically like no other. “I’m not a travel coach, people come to me. The Florida-based 68-year-old said: “I spoke to her agent, but he said her parents deal with coaching appointments. Now the American says he would relish the chance to work with Raducanu. Macci – who was memorably portrayed by actor Jon Bernthal in the Oscar-winning movie King Richard – has nurtured the talents of such tennis giants as Serena and Venus Williams, Andy Roddick and Jennifer Capriati. In a recent interview with the BBC’s Today Programme, she suggested that “they haven’t been able to keep up with the questions I asked”. Sachs was the fifth coach in under two years that Raducanu – who turned 21 this month – has worked with. Two years after her sensational US Open triumph at the age of 18, she has plummeted to 289th in the world rankings, and remains without a coach following a split with Sebastian Sachs in June. Raducanu has not played since April after undergoing double wrist surgery and an ankle operation. The esteemed coach who put Serena Williams on the path to greatness wants to help revive Emma Raducanu’s career by making her “bulletproof”.īut Rick Macci also warned that “I don’t know where her head is at,” adding that real progress would require Raducanu to show “hunger and belief”.
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