Raducanu begins work with fitness coach Nakamura

Emma Raducanu has started moving pinch Yutaka Nakamura, the fittingness coach known for his activity pinch Maria Sharapova and Naomi Osaka.

The 22-year-old, who will alert to Brisbane adjacent week for immoderate lukewarm upwind training earlier the caller season, says Nakamura will beryllium pinch her "pretty overmuch astir weeks" of the year.

Injuries person acted arsenic a persistent handbrake connected Raducanu's profession since she won the US Open arsenic a teen successful 2021.

But pursuing a proceedings earlier successful the autumn, she feels now is the correct clip to adhd a dedicated fittingness master to her team.

"I deliberation he is going to thief maine conscionable really research really acold I tin go, for illustration athletically," Raducanu said.

"I deliberation it's a large spot of excavation that I person obscurity adjacent fulfilled. I deliberation I tin go 1 of the champion athletes retired location successful tennis and I'm conscionable looking guardant to seeing really overmuch I tin do.

"My earthy athleticism is thing that I person to use. I person to hone it, I person to polish it, it's still beautiful earthy and I don't deliberation anyplace adjacent afloat developed truthful he's going to thief maine research that."

Nakamura has been training pinch Raducanu and her coach Nick Cavaday astatine the National Tennis Centre successful London each week.

After Christmas successful New Zealand, Raducanu will commencement the play successful Auckland astatine the extremity of December and besides hopes to play successful Adelaide earlier the Australian Open originates connected 12 January.