Emma Raducanu couldn’t help but laugh when King Charles III humorously inquired if she “had found a coach yet” during a Royal event.<\/p>\n
The 22 year old tennis sensation is currently making waves at Wimbledon<\/a>, set to take on Marke\u0301ta Vondrous\u030cova\u0301 in the second round on Wednesday following her straight-sets triumph over Mimi Xu. Following Wimbledon, Raducanu is set to team up with Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> at the U.S. Open in the mixed doubles. Former U.S. Open singles champion Raducanu has downplayed and dismissed any suggestions of romance between the pair<\/a>, however.<\/p>\n Eager to surpass her fourth-round best and clinch another Grand Slam title, Raducanu has the backing of a Royal fan\u2014none other than King Charles III himself.<\/p>\n In a throwback to 2022, the then-Prince of Wales sparked laughter from the young athlete as he quipped about her coaching situation while presenting her with an MBE for services to tennis.<\/p>\n Raducanu recounted the King’s comedic timing to the Sunday Times Style Magazine in 2023, sharing how his jest about her coach search left her in stitches: ‘Have you found a coach yet?’<\/p>\n She responded with delight, saying, “I was like, ‘That’s good banter!’ It was so funny, I was laughing because everyone was ripping me for not having a coach. I was like: ‘The fact you know this, I feel honoured.'”.<\/p>\n Charmed by his blend of humor and kindness, Raducanu reflected fondly on their exchange.<\/p>\n Throughout her burgeoning career, Raducanu has teamed up with a roster of coaches including Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson, Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov, Sebastian Sachs, and Nick Cavaday, showcasing her adaptability and drive for success.<\/p>\n The young monarch’s quick-witted remarks regarding sports updates had tennis phenom Raducanu buzzing with excitement over the Royal attention.<\/p>\n DON’T MISS:<\/strong><\/p>\n As the 22 year old prepares at Wimbledon with her former coach Cavaday and Mark Petchey backing her up, Raducanu heaped accolades on Petchey following her recent win, giving him an “11 out of 10” for his assistance during her SW19 resurgence.<\/p>\n In appreciation, she noted: “He’s been everything the last few months for me. I’ve really enjoyed being around him. He’s helped me so much on all fronts, tennis, off-court.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu couldn’t help but laugh when King Charles III humorously inquired if she “had found a coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7730,7731,1070,1760,518,7710,519,1068,5068],"class_list":{"0":"post-233067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-charles","10":"tag-charles-iii","11":"tag-emma-raducanu","12":"tag-king-charles","13":"tag-king-charles-iii","14":"tag-royal-families","15":"tag-royal-family","16":"tag-tennis","17":"tag-wimbledon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114785912513542933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233067","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=233067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}