Emma Raducanu is in no hurry to find a new coach after she parted ways with Torben Beltz
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It was rather shocking news that saw Emma Raducanu sack his coach Torben Beltz even after a decent debut clay court performance on tour at the WTA Stuttgart Open. It was Raducanu’s second quarterfinals on tour since the US Open triumph and she lost to the World No.1 and eventual champion, Iga Swiatek. So it was very strange how she decided to part ways with Beltz, who was earlier with three time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber.
The timing of the axing is also not right as Raducanu will be featuring at the Madrid Open and with Roland Garros around the corner, the youngster needs to think about his next coach. That’s definitely an added pressure, enough to derail her plans for the Roland Garros.
The British teenager shared how parting ways with Beltz was in contention for the last few weeks. She in her statement of parting ways with Beltz shared that she is looking to transition to a new training model and will be currently aided by the LTA. Raducanu will be accompanied by LTA’s Iain Bates to Madrid. She is sticking to per time options until she finds a proper replacement for Beltz.
“i don’t care if I go out in the first round,” Emma Raducanu not looking to chase results
The US Open champion has always had a knack for chopping and changing her coaches. Raducanu kept changing her coaches even after she reached the fourth round at the Wimbledon. That’s where she made her first mark there in front of her home crowd. However, she changed Nigel SPears with Andrew Richardson after the Wimbledon. Surprisingly she did not renew Richardson’s contract after she won the historic US Open title.
“Going forward I’ll probably be putting a lot more emphasis on sparring; I feel like that’s definitely something that’s becoming more apparent to me as I spend more time on the tour, is just getting used to these girls’ ball speed,” said Emma Raducanu as she gears up to face Czech Republic’s Terez Martincova in the opening round in Madrid.
“I felt like against Iga (Swiatek), in my quarter-final match in Stuttgart, I was just trying to get used to the ball speed the first few games and had a bit of a slow start because of that. So I feel like if I were to get that sort of practice in my daily training then it could benefit me.”
Raducanu shared that she does not care about anything regarding the conditions or even if she loses in the first round. The thing for her is that she is enjoying life on tour and wants to remain that way. “For me when I’m turning up to these tournaments, I don’t know how fast the court is, I don’t know the weather, I don’t know anything,” said Raducanu.
“So I don’t find it daunting but it definitely takes adjusting to, which is why I don’t think the first time is always going to be very smooth. I’ve kind of just accepted that and just asking for directions along the way. I really don’t care how many times I’m losing first rounds; to me, it doesn’t mean anything right now because I’m actually enjoying the journey of picking myself back up and working through things.”
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Atrayo Bhattacharya
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