What Emma Raducanu should take from Federer, Nadal & Sabalenka, according to Greg Rusedski

Emma Raducanu would do well to take a leaf out of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Aryna Sabalenka's books, opined British ex-pro Greg Rusedski recently. According to Rusedski, a former British No. 1 and World No. 4, the constant chopping and changing in Raducanu's coaching setup over the years has stalled her progress in terms of achieving any sort of consistency.

Raducanu, a former WTA No. 10, sent shockwaves through the tennis world when she won the 2021 US Open as an 18-year-old qualifier. However, her performances and results since then have been up and down for the most part. While injuries have definitely played their part in the Brit's inability to establish herself as an elite player so far, frequent changing of coaches has also somewhat stunted her growth as a tennis pro.

Recently, Greg Rusedski touched on the subject in an interview with Express Sport. The 52-year-old opined that Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Aryna Sabalenka all benefited from persisting with consistent team bases and that Emma Raducanu should learn from their examples.

"You’ve got to feel like you have the right team of people around them, and you’re going to have ups and downs," Rusedski said.

The 15-time career singles titlist added:

"I mean, look at Andy Murray’s career, one of the greatest players of this generation, the best British male tennis player in the Open Era. He had a pretty consistent team base for a long period of time. You look at Rafa, the same thing, you’re looking at (Roger) Federer, you look at Sabalenka, who's No. 1, there's a consistent base, and that's huge."

Emma Raducanu fired back at critics who disagreed with her hire-and-fire approach to appointing coaches

Emma Raducanu during a press conference at the 2025 US Open (Source: Getty)

In August this year, Emma Raducanu firmly stood by her much-criticized approach to appointing coaches, briefly collaborating with them, and then moving on. In an interview with The Guardian, the 23-year-old claimed that critics tend to call her out over her frequent coaching changes because they aren't aware of the full details of her past collaborations.

"I’m a lot more clear on what I do and don’t like. The experiences that I’ve had with different coaches, people love to say I’ve had so many different coaches but if I went into the details of a lot of them, people would not be saying the same thing. I just don’t do that, because I don’t want to “out” these people. So I keep it to myself," Raducanu said.

Interestingly, Raducanu is now working with renowned Spanish coach Francisco Roig, who formerly worked with Rafael Nadal. The Brit roped Roig into her setup mid-2025 and they are set to keep working together into the 2026 tennis season.