{"id":618711,"date":"2025-12-07T21:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618711\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T21:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:25:23","slug":"you-have-a-problem-serena-williams-former-coach-identifies-huge-mistake-emma-raducanu-is-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618711\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You have a problem\u2019 – Serena Williams\u2019 former coach identifies huge mistake Emma Raducanu is making"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patrick Mouratoglou believes Emma Raducanu needs to put her trust in a coaching team for long-term success.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mouratoglou is Serena Williams\u2019 former coach and spent a decade in her corner, guiding the American to 10 Grand Slam titles.<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Raducanu has not had consistency in her coach for the last few yearsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

He has also coached some of the biggest stars in the game, including Naomi Osaka, Stefano Tsitsipas and Simona Halep.<\/p>\n

2021 US Open<\/a> winner Raducanu has faced huge scrutiny for chopping and changing her team since that victory at Flushing Meadow.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old\u2019s current coach, Francisco Roig, is the ninth person to have held that post<\/a> since her breakthrough at Wimbledon<\/a> just months before winning her maiden Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

For Mouratoglou, coaching consistency and building trust is the key to long-term success.<\/p>\n

Read more on talkSPORT<\/p>\n

He joined The Sunday Edition on talkSPORT to speak to Henry Winter and Shaun Custis.<\/p>\n

When asked what Emma Raducanu<\/a> should do to get consistency, Mouratoglou said: \u201cYou are totally right. The average collaboration time between a player and a coach on the WTA Tour is six months, which is completely crazy if you think about it, because our job is to build a project for a player.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don’t build a project in six months. And if you change your project every six months, you’re not going to go anywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it’s a big key. If you look at all the top players, the very successful ones, they’ve been with the same team for four, five, six years, sometimes even more. So that’s definitely the key.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers have to figure out who are the good people for them, and trust them for a longer period.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem is, in a way, when you get rid of your coach, you’re basically saying, I’m not the one responsible for the results, that’s him. Which is probably the case too, because I think the responsibilities shared are the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Patrick<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mouratoglou coached Williams for a decadeCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cOur job also is to find a way to have our players be successful. So I always thought it was my responsibility, but I think it’s important that the player takes theirs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s about trusting a process. If you don’t trust the process and you question the process every time you have a problem, you’re not going to go very far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raducanu recently pulled out of exhibition events in the United States, having ended her 2025 season early<\/a> to focus on her fitness for 2026.<\/p>\n

She is currently ranked 29th in the world and will be seeded for the Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n

Emma Raducanu’s off-season<\/p>\n

The British number one has taken a different approach to preparing for her 2026 season.<\/p>\n

She has often spent Christmas away from home and been outside the UK for long spells.<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Raducanu is set to be seeded at the Australian OpenCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

But she has been going back to her roots in south east London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just so settled,\u201d she told The Guardian. \u201cI\u2019ve barely been in the UK this year because I\u2019ve been competing so much, but I think just spending really good quality time with my parents has been so nice. I have loved just being in Bromley.<\/p>\n

“It just reminds me of when I was a younger kid and it\u2019s the same bedroom, same\u00a0everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cBromley has some amazing speciality coffee shops now that didn\u2019t exist a few years ago. And I\u2019ve been trying every new spot. It\u2019s been really nice, and obviously so much greenery, and it\u2019s been fun actually. <\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve been commuting on the train. So I\u2019ve been part of rush hour every day, which has also been an experience. But it\u2019s like my switch off. As soon as I get on the South Western to Waterloo, I\u2019m just like: \u2018My day is done now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, she also added her voice to the debate around the packed tennis schedule.<\/p>\n

Many of the 1000 events, the biggest tournaments outside the Grand Slams, have turned into two-week-long affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s a challenge,\u201d she says. \u201cI don\u2019t necessarily think it\u2019s something to complain about because it\u2019s what we are given. And\u00a0we are making a great living as\u00a0well. I mean it\u2019s not all glamorous. <\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n

“There are definitely times when it\u2019s very difficult and we are flagging mentally, physically, everything hurts. But at the same time what are we going to do about it? I am sure there are certain people who go to work and their bosses make them do something, but they have to do it, it\u2019s their job. <\/p>\n

“If we put up a front that isn\u2019t complaining, I think that is a better example to the people watching, trying to get into tennis, the younger people. If they see all the top players moaning about the calendar, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s necessarily inspiring to look up to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patrick Mouratoglou believes Emma Raducanu needs to put her trust in a coaching team for long-term success. Mouratoglou…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[1070,35717,44509,10095,79,1068,5838,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-618711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-emma-raducanu","9":"tag-patrick-mouratoglou","10":"tag-raducanu","11":"tag-serena-williams","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-tennis-news","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115680401721297453","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618711","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=618711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}