Raducanu set for fourth coach in a year after cutting Beltz loose

US Open champion Emma Raducanu is set to rent her fourth educate in a yr after ending her affiliation with Torben Beltz after just 5 months, she said on Tuesday.

The 19-year-vintage is because of play inside the Madrid Open this week as she builds up to the French Open however stated she felt she required a “new training model”.

The Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) head of women’s coaching, Iain Bates, will paintings with Raducanu this week.

She will bid to build on her run to the Stuttgart quarter-finals last week where she lost to world number one and eventual champion Iga Swiatek.

“I want to thank Torben for his coaching, professionalism, and dedication over the last half a year,” said Raducanu, who on Monday rose to her highest world ranking of 11.

“He has a huge heart and I have enjoyed our strong chemistry during our time together.

“I feel the best direction for my development is to transition to a new training model with the LTA supporting in the interim.”

Beltz previously coached former world number one and fellow German Angelique Kerber when she won the Australian Open and US Open titles in 2016.

Raducanu has gone through a number of coaches in the past year since she first made her mark in reaching the last 16 at Wimbledon, even before she had received her final school exam results.

She changed Nigel Sears with Andrew Richardson after Wimbledon, but Richardson’s settlement was not renewed notwithstanding Raducanu’s beautiful achievement at the US Open.

Raducanu could flip in the direction of Italian Ricardo Piatti, who has coached among others France’s former international quantity seven, the mercurial Richard Gasquet, and 2016 Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic.

He is to be had after cutting ties with compatriot Jannik Sinner, who he guided into the men’s international top 10.

Raducanu was skilled at his academy prior to embarking on her clay courtroom marketing campaign earlier in April.