Emma Raducanu warned of her constant change as Mike Dickson feels it will put off other coaches
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Britain No.1 Emma Raducanu who had a good start to her clay-court career on tour is on the coach hunt yet again. The teenager has axed her former coach Torben Beltz despite a good start to the clay court season and is again looking for a new coach who can provide her with the level of wisdom in tennis that she requires to be successful in the sport. For now with Roland Garros just around the corner, some people feel it to be a very harsh call from Raducanu.
It is not that she was not seeing results, she literally reached the quarterfinals on her debut tournament on clay in the WTA tour. Raducanu was defeated by the eventual champion and World No.1 Iga Swiatek in the semifinals of the WTA Stuttgart Open. Raducanu lost the match 6-4, 6-4 and had her moments which he could not capitalise against the talented Pole. This was Raducanu’s only second quarterfinal on tour ever since she won the US Open last year. The only other quarterfinal came at the Transylvania Open where she was beaten by Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk.
Overall it has been a very topsy turvy ride for the youngster who shockingly did not renew her deal with Andrew Richardson with whom he won the US Open title. She also parted ways with Nigel Spears after reaching the fourth round at the Wimbledon. Hence tennis correspondent Mike Dickson feels that this will create issues for the young Brit in hiring coaches in future.
Emma Raducanu has sacked three coaches in a year
Dickson recently wrote a feature explaining how this decision of sacking Torben Beltz from her coach’s role might impact Emma Raducanu’s career going forward. He delves into several factors starting from her childhood traits to her search for jewels in tennis wisdom. But one thing that he is certain of is that coaches will be very aware of the situation with her and would be reluctant to join considering her track record of sacking them mercilessly.
“One concern is that the chopping and changing creates a lack of stability around someone who finished A-levels a year ago and is still adjusting to the demands of an unprecedentedly swift rise,” Dickson wrote in his feature for Daily Mail. “It was not even that there had been any falling out with Beltz, a proven coach known for his amiable nature.”
Dickson highlighted how Raducanu never had a fall out with Beltz in fact she lauded their chemistry but soon the youngster axed him and now is in search of her new coach. Dickson believes that the trend that Raducanu has started in sacking coaches in such short durations will call for trouble as coaches will understand that given the uncertainty in employment they will feel that the job is not worth it for them.
“The danger is that, with every change, more coaches with the requisite experience will look at the prospect of working with her and decide the precarious nature of employment is not worth it,” Dickson explains in his feature.
Raducanu will be next seen a the Madrid Open where she will take on Tereza Martincova in the first round. She recently defeated the Czech player at the Billie Jean King Cup and will look to continue that form against her in Madrid.
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