Emma Raducanu presented with unexpected coaching offer by WTA rival
Ons Jabeur has identified Emma Raducanu as the one player she would like to coach on the WTA Tour and told the Brit she is “available.”
The Tunisian star revealed she has a good relationship with Raducanu and she thinks the former US Open winner could benefit from her advice.
Raducanu is next set to feature at the WTA 250 tournament in Nottingham, which will begin on June 8. She will start her grass-court season at the event after receiving a wildcard, while Jabeur is set to be the top seed.
The 21-year-old last competed at the Madrid Open WTA 1000 tournament in April, where she was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Maria Lourdes Carle in the first round.
The current world No 205 withdrew from the qualifying event for the ongoing French Open as her ranking was not high enough to earn a spot in the main draw.
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In an interview with Eurosport, world No 9 Jabeur named Raducanu as the WTA player she would like to coach in the future.
“I would say Emma Raducanu,” Jabeur said. “I have a good relationship with her and I think I can help a little bit with some advice. I mean I would not be the main coach, I would be the consultant I guess, a new job. Emma if you’re hiring, I’m available.”
Jabeur, 29, is a three-time Grand Slam runner-up, having reached the Wimbledon final in 2022 and 2023 and the US Open final in 2022.
Raducanu is currently working with British coach Nick Cavaday, who she reunited with in January ahead of the Australian Open.
The former world No 10 spoke about her relationship with Cavaday during the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart last month.
“I feel very comfortable working with him. I have known him since I was a young age, so he’s someone who I feel like I can trust, and that’s a big thing for me,” she said.
“Just having people who I know before I got famous or I got any of the big whatever [was] coming my way, it was just good to have someone who’s known me before that.
“You know that their intentions are good, and they didn’t just come after the win and when everything is easy to just come and join.
“It’s a nice feeling. He knows pretty well how I operate. I would say I haven’t changed at all since I was eight or nine. But everything around me has changed, but it’s mentally I feel like I’m the exact same person.”
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