The solitary nature of tennis means that is not in any hurry to appoint a coach to guide her through the next phase of her career.
The US Open champion, preparing to make her return later this week, made clear she does not see it as a priority after choosing not to renew her deal with Andrew Richardson, who proved such a perfect fit at Flushing Meadows.
‘At the end of the day you’re out there on your own and you have to be your own coach on the court so I’m pretty comfortable,’ she said, ahead of her debut at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in southern .
Emma Raducanu is in ‘no rush’ to appoint a new full-time coach at this present moment in time
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Raducanu is working there with former British No 1 Jeremy Bates, GB’s national women’s coach, karenroterdavis but she suggested this was unlikely to become permanent.
Her hitting partner for the week is understood to be Raymond Sarmiento, a 29-year-old American ranked 456 by the ATP, who was at 300 last year before a long-term injury struck.
‘Jeremy is part of women’s tennis at the LTA so while he’s here he’s helping me out,’ she said.
‘Going forward, I’m just going to wait and try find the right person. I’m not going to rush into anything. I’m just looking for the general things in a coach really – someone that you get along with well and someone who can push you.’
Raducanu said that she will try and adopt the same mindset that served her so well in New York, despite her dramatically altered status: ‘I don’t really want to change anything.
What got me to this point is not thinking anything differently and if I just put additional thoughts in my head then it will just create a problem.’
Former British No 1 Jeremy Bates (back) had been added to Raducanu’s team recently
Bates (left) gives the US Open champion some pointers as she gears up for Indian Wells
Raducanu works on her games with Bates watching on during a practice session on Tuesday
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