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Emma Raducanu has confessed that she previously ended coaching partnerships after her mentors failed to keep up with the number of \u201cprovoking\u201d questions that she asked. The Brit explained that she wouldn\u2019t just do something she was told to until she understood it. Currently sidelined following surgery, Raducanu had worked with five different coaches in an 18-month span.<\/p>\n

Raducanu\u2019s coaching decisions have often caused a stir in the tennis world as the 20-year-old has yet to form a long-term partnership in her young career. The 2021 US Open champion has now explained one of the reasons that some of her coaches often don\u2019t work out is because of her intellectual and curious approach to her tennis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ask my coaches a lot of questions, I think that on certain occasions they haven\u2019t been able to keep up with the questions I\u2019ve asked so maybe that\u2019s why it ended,\u201d she told BBC Radio 4 today. While some hadn\u2019t kept up with her questions, Raducanu said she would keep on \u201cprovoking\u201d to challenge her mentors\u2019 thinking.<\/p>\n

The former world No 10 continued: \u201cBut yeah, it\u2019s something I\u2019ve always done and I keep provoking, I keep asking questions to coaches and challenging their thinking as well. I\u2019m not someone that you can just tell me what to do and I\u2019ll do it, I need to understand why and then I\u2019ll do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Raducanu\u2019s curious approach has helped her compete with those who can hit harder or run faster on the court, as she detailed how she used her brain to help her tennis. \u201cI think that I was always very intellectually curious from a young age. I think my dad was someone who always provoked me to think, to ask questions,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got my logical side from him and my resilient side from my mum. So I think that maybe I do shape and frame the way I train or the way I approach certain decisions differently and I think that it does give me an advantage because I\u2019m not necessarily the biggest hitter or the strongest or run the fastest but I think that I can use my brain in ways that can give me a same advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen who takes on the task of being Raducanu\u2019s coach as she gears up for her return to competition and whether they can handle the 20-year-old\u2019s intelligent approach. The Brit parted ways with her most recent coach Sebastian Sachs after undergoing three surgeries in May as she knew she would be unable to play tennis or even practice for several months.<\/p>\n