Because Petchey made it clear that he was not willing to sacrifice his role as a television commentator to coach full -time, Raducanu continued to assess her options.
The availability of Roig came to the attention in the summer and the couple worked together in a secret test after Wimbledon.
Raducanu likes to learn and once set up her high turnover of coaches to ask “provocative” questions. She found Roig’s sessions stimulating, challenging and immediately encouraging.
“Francis is very passionate about tennis,” said Vilaro.
“What is amazing is that he can watch a match on TV and he doesn’t care about the result – he checks how they move, the positioning and how they hit the ball. He looks at many specific things.
“When we created the academy, he said:” I want to do it, but I don’t want paperwork. I just want to be on the field. “The court is his passion.”
Raducanu has already made an impression on Roig with her work ethics.
In his first tournament at the helm, the couple had several daily exercises in the Cincinnati open, where she pushed the world number one Aryna Sabalenka to her limit with confidence beyond Sergia’s Olga Danilovic.
While Raducanu did not make a shock, it was a promising achievement that offers optimism for the US Open.
“I spoke with Francis after Raducanu defeated Danilovic and before she played Sabalenka,” said Vilaro.
“He said:” It is amazing, I like to work with this player because she likes to be on the field. We spent two hours training the return, the return plus second shot and what to do when the opponent attacks. “
“He enjoyed it a lot. The most important thing for him is having a player who likes to be in court – and it seems that this is the case.”
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