Emma Raducanu needs more consistency off the track with her coaches

Andy Murray once predicted that a young Caroline Garcia would become world number one.

Presumably, the corporations that invested millions to sponsor Emma Raducanu were given similar expert predictions about the British teenager’s long-term potential.

Murray has so far only been out on Garcia, who peaked at number 4 and played closer to it when she knocked out Raducanu than she did until her current 55-point mark.

Of course, Raducanu has already won an American Open title, something that will last forever. Or she will eventually emerge as someone living in the top five comes with no such guarantee.

There remains a great chance that she will do so, given time, but not unless she absorbs the lessons that have come thick and fast in the wake of Flushing Meadows.

Raducanu has since compared her experiences to a bridging year, though a rather more extraordinary one than some of her contemporaries from her selective Kent grammar school would have had.

What the British no. 1 should have gained from her unique experiences is the need for stability, especially in physical training and body maintenance.

All the evidence was out there in the Center Court. Garcia’s first service was 10 mph faster, and with her foundations she hit the ball with much more power.

Her game also had more variety and won 16 points out of 20 as she approached the net. Apart from the two breaks she gave up, she was excellent.

Compared to Raducanu, Raducanu looked subdued, although she could point to the side tension that hampered her preparation for Wimbledon.

In her ever-changing support cabinet, only one figure of the triumph of New York remained. It was Iain Bates, the Lawn Tennis Association’s head of women’s tennis, a trusted locum amid the whirlwind of coaching staff.

Her physique from New York, Will Herbert, sat elsewhere in the stands, which is back to his more general role on the governing body’s performance team. Andrew Richardson, the fast-paced coach of the American trip, was in Spain and worked at a junior tournament.

It is not immediately clear what the future involvement will be for Jane O’Donoghue, who has helped Raducanu in recent weeks.

A former LTA employee, she now has a career in finance at the Royal Bank of Canada in London. But then not much is done about the British game’s price asset, which can no longer rely on the shock of the new.

As Garcia, who she hit in March, remarked: ‘When you’re young and on the road and nobody knows you, it’s always positive on your part. It is quite difficult to find good quality match videos where you can watch what they are doing. And then of course everyone knows you. ‘

Raducanu’s next tournament is the Washington Open at the end of July, and you hope by that time she will have found a more consistent path forward.

Coaching requirements are an individual thing, and Raducanu clearly believes she has to work things out for herself. In the long run, it may bear fruit, but there are moves underway to legalize the issuance of advice from the plots.

What is non-negotiable is the acquisition of strength and stamina to withstand the penalties of the tour. A performance plan, rather than a series of ad hoc arrangements, must be put in place.

This will hopefully prevent the frequent physical setbacks that have limited her to seven games of competitive tennis in a month.

“It’s just great for me to get all these lessons at such a young age, so that when I’m in my mid 20s, I’ll sort out those problems or small mistakes in my game,” she said.

Raducanu may be young, but she can not wait until then. If the penny drops faster, she will still have much better Grand Slam experiences than this one.