Emma Raducanu splits from ANOTHER coach and looking for fourth in just year after form struggles following US Open win
EMMA RADUCANU has begun the search for a fourth tennis coach in less than a year after splitting with Torben Beltz.
The US Open champion only started working with the German last November but they have now parted ways – just days after her impressive display at the Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart.
The 19-year-old, whose tennis career is managed by IMG and guided by her parents, is planning to “transition to a new training model” before she plays Wimbledon in late June.
While she is out in Madrid this week – this is just her third pro clay-court tournament – LTA‘s head of women’s coaching Iain Bates will provide support in terms of day-to-day training.
Raducanu said: “I want to thank Torben for his coaching, professionalism and dedication over the last half a year.
“He has a huge heart and I have enjoyed our strong chemistry during the time together.
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“I feel the best direction for my development is to transition to a new training model with the LTA supporting in the interim.”
Raducanu, who was sitting her A Levels last summer, reached the Last 16 of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships under the tutelage of experienced coach Nigel Sears, who is Andy Murray’s father-in-law.
During her fairytale US Open success at Flushing Meadows – for which she won £1.8million in prize money – she was working with unknown LTA youth coach Andrew Richardson.
Yet much to the surprise of many, the pair split a few weeks after returning home from New York.
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Since then Raducanu has worked temporarily with Jeremy Bates – for a few days at Indian Wells last October – and on a trial basis with Jo Konta’s former coach Esteban Carrill.
Like with Konta, it appears Raducanu might spend the next few years chopping-and-changing her coaching staff until she settles on a full-time replacement.
Beltz, 45, worked with multiple Slam champion Angelique Kerber and joined the Kent ace’s set-up at the end of last season.
The world No. 11 and her agent had been photographed meeting Beltz in a coffee house in Orpington following trials at the Bromley Tennis Centre.
Raducanu spent a few days preparing for the clay court season at Riccardo Piatti’s academy in Liguria, Italy earlier this month — and that had prompted speculation that all was not right with the Beltz relationship.