If it takes a village to raise a child, then the modern tennis tour increasingly requires a significant entourage.

Rick Macci made an interesting offer to Emma Raducanu as Serena Williams' childhood coach says he wouldn't be able to coach the 22-year-old full-time but would be willing to help her in some capacity if she reached out.

Emma Raducanu suffered a first-round exit for the second straight tournament on Tuesday, falling in straight sets to Marketa Vondrousova at the Abu Dhabi Open.

Another week, another early exit for Emma Raducanu – and the inconsistency of her performances underlines the need for her to appoint a coach.

In her three-set loss to Cristina Bucsa in Singapore, Raducanu lost serve nine times, won only 24% of second serve points and double faulted five times in the third set. Raducanu