THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ROME

Raducanu relishing fresh start ahead of Italian job

- CHARLIE GORDON

EMMA RADUCANU says she feels brand new ahead of her return to the Italian Open with part-time coach Mark Petchey.

Raducanu has not competed on Rome's clay courts since 2022 when she retired against Bianca Andreescu in the first round.

Plenty has happened in the three years since. And with Petchey (inset) pulling the strings after a sequence of failed coaching partnerships, Raducanu believes there are brighter days ahead.