Raducanu Set-up 'working Well' But Jigsaw Not Complete

Britain's Emma Raducanu believes her existent coaching statement is moving good but knows she will soon request to "figure different solution out".

The 22-year-old still has a desire to develop a longer-term partnership pinch Mark Petchey, moreover if nan brace were incapable to work together a much exclusive arrangement.

But Jane O'Donoghue, a friend and erstwhile Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) nationalist women's coach who is alongside Petchey astatine this week's Italian Open, is only connected a sabbatical from her existent full-time occupation successful finance.

"It's been moving beautiful well," Raducanu told BBC Sport successful Rome.

"Mark is doing his commentary activity and astir that he is going to thief maine arsenic overmuch arsenic he tin and hopefully nan times align that he tin beryllium location pinch maine successful nan matches.

"That's why Jane is present for erstwhile he's not capable to make it to nan session.

"While she's not moving it's bully to person her arsenic overmuch arsenic possible, but she will spell backmost to activity and past I request to fig different solution out."

The purpose is to find personification who tin enactment successful a support domiciled to Petchey, who has important broadcast commitments passim nan year.

"I conscionable request to activity connected who that personification is," Raducanu added.

Petchey will beryllium capable to give much clip to Raducanu during nan grass-court season, and nan activity they person been doing connected nan believe tribunal is not purely targeted astatine clay courts.

Raducanu mislaid to Marta Kostyuk successful nan Madrid Open 2nd information successful April and says she does not "necessarily consciousness very comfortable" connected nan surface.

"I consciousness somewhat amended than I did successful Madrid," she said.

"I want to usage this play of nan clay play to effort and activity connected definite things successful my crippled that I deliberation are going to thief maine span nan spread to nan adjacent level.

"I want to return much balls on, I want to beryllium much fierce successful definite points - I want to building nan points much connected my terms.

"I cognize I whitethorn make much errors doing that, but I'm consenting to spell done that."

World number 49 Raducanu originates her Rome run against a qualifier connected Wednesday.

Raducanu besides addressed really "nervous" she feels astir nan consequence of ingesting contaminated medicine, aliases moreover being deliberately targeted erstwhile eating successful a restaurant.

Jannik Sinner returned to nan ATP Tour this week aft a three-month doping ban, having been inadvertently contaminated by a steroid pick his physiotherapist had applied to his ain hands earlier treating nan world number one.

Women's world number 2 Iga Swiatek besides served a one-month prohibition aft testing affirmative aft taking contaminated melatonin tablets.

"I don't want to return thing moreover if nan doctors are saying you should return this - conscionable retired of consequence of contamination," Raducanu added.

"Even if it's not prohibited connected nan anti-doping list, you don't cognize if it's contaminated by different product.

"It tin show a greenish tick, but if it's contaminated you will still get screwed over.

"We could spell to a edifice [and personification could put thing successful our drink]. It's really hard, particularly if you are noticeable and nan waiter recognises you.

"It's thing I do interest astir - it's tense each time."