Overview

• Martina Navratilova urged Raducanu to commit to a coach for at least one year to allow training regimes to yield results.
• Mark Petchey confirmed his TV duties prevent him from taking on a full-time coaching role, maintaining only an informal partnership since March.
• Raducanu’s week-to-week work with Petchey has coincided with her best tennis of the season, including a tight third-round Wimbledon loss to world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
• Petchey defended Raducanu on social media after her Wimbledon exit, challenging critics to focus on improving their own lives.
• Raducanu will kick off her North American swing at the Washington Open under renewed pressure to finalize her coaching team.