Emma Raducanu looks set to work with the German coach who helped turned Angelique Kerber into a three-time Grand Slam winner and world number one.
The 18 year-old from Kent is expected to team up with Hamburg- based Torben Beltz, 44, who has spent much of his career guiding Germany’s highest achieving player of recent years.
A picture emerged from last month on an Instagram account named ‘nuts4Raducanu’ of them having a coffee in Orpington last month, reported the Telegraph.
Emma Raducanu (right) is set to appoint German coachTorben Beltz (left) as her new mentor
Beltz (left) used to be the coach of former world No 1 Angelique Kerber (right) until recently
It seems that their discussions will now turn into a working relationship in the coming months, although Beltz is not with her at this week’s WTA event in the Austrian city of Linz.
Kerber and Beltz announced an amicable split on Monday after what was their third spell working together. He will be seen as someone with the requisite experience of taking a promising player and turning them into a consistent top ten performer.
Beltz knows the workings of the WTA Tour intricately, having first hooked up with Kerber when she was a teenager.
Beltz helped Kerber (above) to the Australian Open and US Open titles back in 2016
Kerber also reached the Wimbledon final with Beltz in 2016 but lost to Serena Williams (left)
They worked in three phases and the long-term collaboration, of unusual durability in the women’s game, saw her win the Australian and US Opens in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2018.
She became world number one after the second triumph. He also had a spell working Croatia’s Donna Vekic.
In the past Raducanu has paired up with numerous coaches but has been without one in particular since unexpectedly not renewing the contract of Andrew Richardson following her startling win at Flushing Meadows in September.
Linz is her last regular tournament of the season, but she will play an exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall at the end of this month, and an unofficial event in Abu Dhabi prior to Christmas.
Raducanu (second left) split from former coach Andrew Richardson (second right) this year
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