Raducanu’s nightmares: from criticizing his coaches to falling with a double 6-1 with Anisimova in Indian Wells

The dark cloud of controversy seems to not stop tormenting the career of Emma Raducanu (24th in the WTA ranking)who in search of a pass to the round of 16 of Indian Wells WTA 1000received a very tough defeat against Amanda Anisimova (6th) with a double 6-1 in just 54 minutes of play.

A match that will seem to remain forgotten for the British, this being one of the most difficult defeats to process, taking into account everything that the young tennis player went through in the framework of the North American competition. with his statements towards his former coaches, of whom he has already fired seven since 2021.

The most recent was the episode he had with the Spanish Francis Roig, with whom he stopped working a few weeks ago, prior to his participation in Indian Wells. His statements delegating all responsibility for his bad moment to the coaches he had caused quite a stir on the circuit.

However, now without a coach and trusting 100% in her tennis, it would seem that things are not improving, because when that flash of light appeared after her victory against the Russian Anastasia Zakharova (86th) 6-1 and 6-3, a slap of reality from Anisimova lowered all the smoke that seemed to disappear. His attempts to get ahead in the return and the pressure he wanted to cause against the home team played tricks on him.

For its part, the finalist of Wimbledon and the US Open In 2025, she achieved victory with fewer games conceded (2) against a Grand Slam tournament champion. The most she had achieved was when she gave up three games against Raducanu herself in Montreal and Coco Gauff in Beijing. Both, last season.

Now, the British will have to see how to continue in this bad moment if she wants to overcome what would seem to be a bad start to the season with seven wins and losses to her name.

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