Emma Raducanu's 'stance' on making job offer as suspicions raised

British tennis phenomenon Emma Raducanu is not in "any rush" to appoint a new coach despite not having an official team for a month now. It was in late January that the former US Open champion confirmed she was parting ways with Nick Cavaday, who was forced to leave her camp due to health issues.

Raducanu, 22, has developed a reputation for cycling through different coaches at a fast rate so early on in her career. She had worked with Cavaday for roughly one year prior to their split and has had a mixed start to 2025 after a promising run at the Australian Open.

However, compatriot Laura Robson sees no reason to expedite the process of hiring a successor in light of the youngster's competitive showings. Much has been made of the fact Raducanu has no permanent team like most of her peers, but a dearth of obvious candidates means standout options are few and far between.

"She is competing really well and making sure she's trying to do the right things on the court," wrote Robson in her Sky Sports column. "I don't think she's in any rush, really, to employ someone new, just for the sake of it. It has to make sense for her and it has to be the right person.

"There's not too many amazing coaches around who can travel full-time, so options are pretty limited. You wouldn't want to go into a new partnership without 100% confidence."

The one-time major champion inspired fresh belief for what could be this year after reaching the third round of the Australian Open. She impressed with straight-sets victories over Ekaterina Alexandrova and Amanda Anisimova before finally bowing out to eventual semi-finalist Iga Swiatek 6-1, 6-0.

Raducanu has recently been working with Roman Kelecic, who coached the prospect before she even turned professional in 2018. Kelecic resumed mentoring the world No55 ahead of the Abu Dhabi Open at the start of February, where Raducanu lost at the hands Marketa Vondrousova in her opening match.

That's one of three straight opening-round defeats she suffered prior to last week's Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. It was there she managed to knock out Maria Sakkari before falling to Karolina Muchova, breaking down during that match after spotting a spectator in the stands who had "exhibited fixated behaviour".

More so than any single on-court result, it's highly encouraging to see Raducanu fit and competing on a consistent basis following her injury-riddled history. The Briton saw her schedule massively disrupted by injury across 2022 and 2023 but now appears to be enjoying her newfound stretch of good health.

Raducanu's improved ranking means she'll receive a direct entry into the Indian Wells main draw, which gets underway on Sunday. She advanced to the third round of the American classic last year before losing to three-time Grand Slam champion Aryna Sabalenka.