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Emma Raducanu rehires coach who helped her to 2021 US Open triumph

Emma Raducanu holds the US Open trophy and poses with her coach Andrew Richardson after her 2021 victory
Emma Raducanu with Andrew Richardson after her US Open victory in 2021. They parted shortly afterwards. Photograph: USTA

Emma Raducanu has rehired Andrew Richardson, the coach who helped guide her to her sensational US Open triumph in 2021, on a formal basis as she prepares to return to competition next week in Strasbourg in the buildup to the French Open.

Richardson will accompany ­Raducanu at the WTA 500 event as she competes for the first time in two months after struggling with a post-viral illness. During the early days of her return to the courts, Raducanu travelled to Richardson’s base at the Ferrer Academy in La Nucía, Spain, near Benidorm, for a clay-court training block that doubled as a trial period for a potential formal partnership.

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