Emma Raducanu handed immediate French Open problem after appointing new coach

will reportedly stick with stand-in coach Mark Petchey for the entirety of the grass-court season, including . Former British No. 1 Petchey was brought in at the Miami Open two months ago on an ad-hoc basis, but the pair .

claim that Petchey will work with the 2021 champion for Wimbledon and the upcoming . He has combined his duties as a TV analyst alongside coaching Raducanu in recent weeks, but that will end when attention turns to grass courts.

However, Petchey's undivided attention will only begin after Raducanu competes at Roland Garros.

The man who helped develop her game in the summer of 2020 is , alongside the likes of , Andre Agassi, Chris Evert and Jim Courier.

As he has done over the past few weeks, Petchey should be able to find gaps in his schedule to help Raducanu in Paris, but his broadcasting commitments may also clash with their work together and pose a big problem with the player's match preparations.

Despite combining roles, Petchey's time with Raducanu has yielded eight wins from 11 matches. She performed well at the Italian Open before .

The 22-year-old as she ramps up her efforts before the French Open.

But heading into the second major of the year, it is a far-from-ideal situation that her primary coach is also working part-time elsewhere, albeit on the same site at Roland Garros.

Those shackles will be freed once they depart the French clay, with a women's tournament at Queen's targeted before Wimbledon, as Raducanu bids to go further than her last-16 run in 2024.

The young Brit is working closely with Petchey, as they did during Covid lockdowns, to change her service motion and add more power before SW19 gets underway on June 30.

And Raducanu enthused about the informal partnership last month, telling : "I've realised now that less is more for me sometimes. I work really intense and really hard and can definitely be partial to overkilling it sometimes.

"It's just making sure when I'm on the court I'm maxing out for X amount of time so I can focus, and then once I'm done, I'm switching off better.

"You hear a lot that people need matches, and I say the same thing. Matches definitely help, but there's a time and a place. There are other times where you just need to reset and get your bearings, because the season is very long."

Raducanu had been without a permanent coach since parting ways with Nick Cavaday in January. She , but that did not lead to a longer partnership.