“She can’t keep changing coaches,” Barry Cowan slams Emma Raducanu for changing three coaches in a year

Emma Raducanu’s new coach, according to British former tennis player Barry Cowan, must be someone who will work with her “for a long time.” Following the unexpected firing of Torben Beltz after only five months of working together, the US Open winner is looking for her fourth coach.

Raducanu had previously split up with Nigel Sears after reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon, and then with Andrew Richardson after winning her first Grand Slam title. After reaching the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart WTA event last week, where she was upset by World No. 1 Iga Swiatek, she has parted ways with Beltz.

“She needs to hire someone that is with her for a long period of time”- Barry Cowan

Barry Cowan told Sky Sports News that changing coaches every “four or five months” isn’t going to help Raducanu’s career in the long run. The 47-year-old said, “It was probably a question of when. I mean, jokingly, she started to do better so maybe a new coach was required as that’s been the theme with Emma since Wimbledon. I think it’s a worry, as we’ve spoken throughout this year and I’ve consistently said what I felt that Emma needs, is someone in her corner consistently and she’s not been able to have that.”

“So I guess, moving forward, it will be interesting to see who she works with but I think in terms of at this stage of any player’s career at 18, 19, 20-years-old, they are for me the most important years. Most importantly I would say it again now, whoever she hires next, this really needs to be someone that is with her for a long period of time because you can’t keep changing coaches,” the former tennis player added.

Lastly, Cowan concluded his statement by advising Emma Raducanu to think for the long term than changing coaches every four to five months. “I mean I don’t care, whatever sport you are, you can maybe get away with it once or twice but you can’t keep changing coaches every four or five months and think long term that’s going to be a benefit.”

Emma Raducanu is set to compete in the Madrid Open

Emma Raducanu’s fate in the Madrid Open draw has been revealed, and she will compete in the 1000-point event next week. The world No. 11 has a favourable first-round match against Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic, whom she defeated in her maiden professional clay-court match two weeks ago at the Billie Jean King Cup. The 19-year-old just made her professional clay-court debut, defeating the world No. 49 7-5 7-5 in a Billie Jean King Cup qualifier match against the Czech Republic.

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