GO GET 'EMM

Raducanu ready to take on the big hitters

- by NEIL McLEMAN

EMMA RADUCANU is learning Spanish, football, golf and a backhand slice from her new coach.

And the British No.1 also wants to be taught by Francis Roig how to beat the big players in Grand Slams - starting with Elena Rybakina at the US Open today.

Raducanu won the title here in 2021 without facing a top-10 player. And although she has beaten Jessica Pegula and Maria Sakkari on grass and Emma Navarro in Miami this March, the world No.36 has struggled against Grand Slam champions.

She lost her previous encounter with 2022 Wimbledon winner Rybakina 6-0 6-1 in only 55 minutes at the Sydney Classic earlier that year.