Renowned Tennis coach Rick Macci has predicted that Emma Raducanu can once again win another Grand Slam title. The American reckons the Brit has the talent to be a top-10 player in the PIF ATP rankings.
Raducanu won the US Open as a qualifier in 2021 but since then she hasn’t been able to go all the way. The Briton has been troubled by a plethora of injuries, and she needs to come up with consistent performances.
Raducanu recently made it to the final of the Queen’s Championships but could not cross the last hurdle against Donna Vekic.
“I’ve always been a big fan of Emma,” Macci told Tennis365. “Listen, when you have that amount of talent, and you do what she did at the US Open by never dropping a set, and qualifying and winning a Slam, the talent doesn’t go away.
“What goes away is the confidence, and maybe a little bit of the fitness. So, she still has the talent and the ability. Now, mentally, is it the most important thing [for Raducanu], ’til your last breath? I don’t know because I’m not in that circle.
“But she has the talent, and when she plays on grass, she kind of reacts and is a little more authoritative. At the end of the day, I think it’s great what she did, getting to the finals [at Queen’s Club].
“She’s definitely a top 10 player, there’s no doubt about it, if you go talent-wise. But talent doesn’t get you into the top 10. It’s how you compete every match — that’s the key.
“She’s just been a little bit too up and down. But it’s only over when you quit, and hopefully she’s going to keep on grinding.”
“Absolutely,” responded Macci when he was asked if Raducanu is good enough to win another Slam. “Women’s tennis nowadays, it’s so fluid. Anybody can beat anybody. She has the game, that’s the first thing — you’ve gotta have the game. She has enough firepower, and she can defend pretty good at times. It’s just the competitiveness to die for every point.
“But absolutely, she can be back in the top 10 and she can contend for Grand Slams. I have no doubt. But that’s between her and her. I’m sure she’s trying her best.”
Raducanu recently re-hired Andrew Richardson as her coach.
