Emma Raducanu has turned to Tottenham striker Harry Kane because the Nice British tennis star appears to be like to bounce again from a poor 2022 season.
Raducanu didn't a win a single WTA Tour occasion in 2022 and didn't progress previous the second spherical at any of the 4 majors in a disappointing 12 months.
The 19-year-old, who has slipped from world No.10 to world No.76, has struggled with kind and numerous accidents since her fairy-tale US Open triumph in 2021.
Raducanu was not too long ago compelled to finish her 2022 marketing campaign prematurely attributable to a wrist downside, which noticed her withdraw from the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
Regardless of not too long ago teaming up with Jez Inexperienced – Andy Murray’s former coach – to handle her ongoing harm points, Raducanu is as soon as once more in search of a brand new everlasting coach to work with after parting methods with Russian Dmitry Tursunov.
Murray has warned Raducanu that she is not going to enhance her tennis if she continues to cut and alter her coaches as incessantly as she has to this point.
However whereas she continues to hunt a brand new everlasting coach, Raducanu has now turned to England captain and Spurs striker Kane as a mentor.
The 29-year-old, thought-about probably the greatest forwards in world soccer, will quickly head to the World Cup in Qatar with England’s first recreation on November 21.
Kane has loads of elite-level expertise and has had a lot of highs and lows himself – profitable the Premier League Golden Boot thrice and World Cup Golden Boot – but additionally shedding the Euro 2020 ultimate and Champions League ultimate.
He has scored 260 targets throughout 406 video games for Spurs and based on The Athletic he's now mentoring Raducanu, with the duo having ‘a number of conversations’ so the tennis star can ‘search recommendation on her profession’.
Raducanu was additionally eager to be taught from Kane ‘how one can method the scrutiny that being within the public eye brings’ with the pair additionally thought to have ‘shared concepts’.
Talking in June, Raducanu mentioned: ‘One in all my favorite footballers might be Harry Kane as a result of he's the captain of England and he's such an amazing function mannequin to comply with.
‘He's tremendous skilled and takes the whole lot to the nth diploma. I undoubtedly really feel like I can be taught from that.’
Raducanu is a self-declared Tottenham fan and has beforehand been noticed coaching in a Spurs residence shirt.
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