{"id":138447,"date":"2025-05-28T10:59:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T10:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/138447\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T10:59:39","slug":"emma-raducanu-fears-mark-petcheys-daughter-is-going-to-hate-her-after-recent-comment-tennis-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/138447\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu fears Mark Petchey’s daughter ‘is going to hate her’ after recent comment | Tennis | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Raducanu<\/a> might have enjoyed an upturn in form since teaming up with part-time coach Mark Petchey, but she\u2019s now risked the wrath of his daughter with a cheeky comment. On Monday, the British No.2 won her opening round match at the French Open<\/a>, the first time she has been fit to play in the tournament since 2022.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old came through a tough clash with Wang Xinyu 7-5 4-6 6-3. Petchey, who is combining coaching and commentary duties in Paris, wasn\u2019t able to attend, and it remains to be seen if he\u2019ll be in the stands when the 2021 US Open<\/a> champion faces Iga Swiatek<\/a> on Wednesday. However, there was still a member of the Petchey family present, with his daughter Myah watching Raducanu right until the end.<\/p>\n

Raducanu has since voiced her appreciation for her support, although she also jokingly risked upsetting Petchey Jr. She explained: \u201cOf course I would love to have him there on the court but like certain times it just can\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew Myah a little bit before, but got to know her a lot more in the last couple of months. I actually think having her there really helped \u2013 because I was like \u2018It\u2019s a mini-Mark!\u2019 She\u2019s gonna hate me for saying that! Having her there definitely was like a little symbolic representation of Mark.\u201d<\/p>\n

Petchey\u2019s daughter, 23, is a tennis professional in her own right. Five years ago, she was top of the under-18 rankings in South Africa, having moved to Cape Town as a youngster.<\/p>\n

Andy Murray<\/a>‘s ex-coach also has an elder daughter, Nicole, with his partner Michelle. Like her sister, the 26-year-old has competed in ITF events.<\/p>\n

Raducanu has continued to laud Petchey\u2019s contribution at Roland Garros and insisted she has not been negatively affected by his schedule. Following the win over Wang, she said: \u201cI think being a lot more self-sufficient is something Mark has helped me with the last few weeks.<\/p>\n

“<\/strong>Since Miami, I think one thing that is a great sign of a coach is when you don\u2019t necessarily feel like you need them every shot, every point, so he\u2019s really helped me to figure things out for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu might have enjoyed an upturn in form since teaming up with part-time coach Mark Petchey, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[1070,5066,53418,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-138447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-emma-raducanu","9":"tag-french-open","10":"tag-raducanu-petchey","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114585112872886711","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}