Nick Kyrgios gives Emma Raducanu coaching advice after admitting to feeling ‘sorry’ for the Brit
Nick Kyrgios has weighed in on Emma Raducanu’s current coaching situation, remarking that he often feels ‘sorry’ for the way she is treated after her losses.
The Australian, who has famously been without a coach since 2017, was asked his opinion about the Brit’s lack of a regular and full-time coach whilst speaking to talkSPORT.
Over the past four years, Raducanu’s list of coaches has been expansive, including Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson, Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov, Sebastian Sachs, and Vladimir Platenik.
The 2021 US Open champion will be accompanied by both Mark Petchey – commentator and former coach of Andy Murray – and Nick Cavaday during the grass-court Grand Slam.
“I think having Mark and Nick, both people who have banks of experience and I think they can complement each other really well and I trust both of them a lot,” stated Raducanu.
Despite not being coached himself, Kyrgios believes that Raducanu would benefit from someone who simply ‘cares about her best interests.’
“For some personalities, I think it’s overrated,” the Australian said.
“For personalities like myself, I wouldn’t want to put my coach through the ups and downs.
“For someone like Emma, I think just finding someone that cares about her best interests – not only about the tennis – but getting to know these people off the court: what they love, what makes them tick. I think that’s maybe what she’s been missing in the past.
“She needs someone that actually cares about her well-being. But, you know, winning a Grand Slam at 18 – it’s not easy. It came with a lot of things on the court and off the court: a lot of responsibility, being in the spotlight.”
Raducanu has suffered major injury setbacks since her 2021 US Open victory, leading to a string of disappointing results.
However, her 2025 season has proved more fruitful across all three surfaces.
At Queen’s, she reached the quarter-final (losing to top seed Qinwen Zheng), after producing a fourth-round result at the Rome Masters (falling to Coco Gauff) and a last-eight run at the Miami Open.
“She’s had some good results over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been following,” remarked Kyrgios.
“It looks like she’s enjoying herself, playing doubles with Katie Boulter (at Queen’s).
“She has to remember that tennis is fun – you know, that’s why they were playing. Every time I see negativity in the media and all this, I do feel sorry because it’s like — she just wants to go out on court and play and enjoy it and get some good results.
“Hopefully she does find what works for her, but it’s not easy.”
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The 2022 Wimbledon finalist will not be commentating during this year’s tournament – a role which he carried out last year – after, reportedly, being dropped by the BBC.
“It’s unfortunate but it’s probably their loss more than mine,” Kyrgios stated to the Guardian, responding to the report.
“I understand they’ve got Chris Eubanks but he hasn’t beaten the greatest of all time multiple times.
“When someone’s beaten Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic and has incredible insights, it’s very strange you wouldn’t want that person adding knowledge to tennis fans.”
