{"id":297818,"date":"2023-12-12T17:40:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297818"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:40:56","slug":"wimbledon-winner-calls-out-emma-raducanu-for-ridiculous-move-and-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/wimbledon-winner-calls-out-emma-raducanu-for-ridiculous-move-and-complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon winner calls out Emma Raducanu for ‘ridiculous’ move and complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Emma Raducanu has been called out for her \u201cridiculous\u201d coaching decisions after explaining why she goes through her mentors in quick succession. Fellow British Grand Slam champion Ann Jones said players had to answer their own questions as she hit out. And the 1969 Wimbledon winner also had a theory about Raducanu\u2019s injury struggles.<\/p>\n

Raducanu has struggled since winning the 2021 US Open as a qualifier, failing to replicate her success elsewhere and dealing with major injury setbacks. The former world No 10 underwent three surgeries in May on both of her wrists and one ankle. And she has yet to nail down a consistent team since her triumph in New York.<\/p>\n

Three-time Grand Slam champion Jones has now weighed in on Raducanu\u2019s nightmare couple of years, criticising her attitude towards coaches. It comes after the 21-year-old recently admitted that she previously ended coaching partnerships after her mentors failed to keep up with the number of \u201cprovoking\u201d questions that she asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to find our own answers. You have to work at things yourself,\u201d Jones told the Daily Mail. The 85-year-old also referenced one of Raducanu\u2019s past decisions, which saw the Brit axe coach Andrew Richardson two weeks after her US Open triumph in 2021.<\/p>\n

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She continued: \u201cTo fire a coach after she had just won the US Open was the most ridiculous thing I\u2019ve ever heard.\u201d Jones also thought that Raducanu\u2019s decision to chop and change her mentors and her game style had resulted in injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is about momentum. If you\u2019ve got the momentum, you have to take advantage of it and carry on,\u201d she explained. \u201cYou\u2019ve got a natural game. What you need to do is to improve what you have got. You don\u2019t have coaches come along and change your game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe results are clear. You get injured, because it\u2019s not natural for you to hit the ball in that way. It was natural to hit it the way you hit it in the first place.\u201d Raducanu is set to make her return at the ASB Classic in Auckland at the beginning of January but Jones isn\u2019t sure whether the young Brit can rediscover the form that helped her win a Major.<\/p>\n