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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tumaini Carayol

Raducanu hires renowned fitness coach who worked with Sharapova and Osaka

Emma Raducanu after the win in her singles match against Viktoria Hruncakova in the semi-final tie between Great Britain and Slovakia during the Billie Jean King Cup
Emma Raducanu plans to start the 2025 season competing in Auckland and Adelaide after a successful Billie Jean King Cup run. Photograph: Fran Santiago/Getty Images for ITF

Emma Raducanu believes she can fulfil her potential of becoming one of the best athletes in her sport after hiring the esteemed strength and conditioning coach Yutaka Nakamura on a full-time basis before the 2025 season.

“I think he is going to help me just really explore how far I can go athletically,” said Raducanu. “It’s a big strength of mine that I have nowhere near fulfilled. I think I can become one of the best athletes out there in tennis and I’m just looking forward to seeing how much I can do. And I think he’s really going to help with that. The way I’m working with him and Nick [Cavaday, her coach], it’s a lot more integrated.”

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