Emma Raducanu and her coach Dmitry Tursunov seemed to have great chemistry. However, the Russian coach decided to ditch her to partner with Belinda Bencic. During a recent interview. Dmitry said that he was very happy to make things work with Emma who is a hard worker. However, there were some red flags that he could not ignore. Tursunov commented:
“First of all, she’s absolutely great, she’s a hard worker and she doesn’t think or act like she’s a superstar,” he commented. “She is hungry to improve and is obsessed with tennis. I think it’s quite a rare combination. So I really loved working with her, and I really wanted to make it work. It was a very difficult decision for me to walk away from a player that I like and respect.”
About the red flags, Tursunov added: “We didn’t agree on the terms and there were some red flags that just couldn’t be ignored. So that’s why it’s a little frustrating to read things like that. I wasn’t hopping from one player to another, I wouldn’t do that.”
Tursunov didn’t elaborate on the “reg flags.” Probably, as he stated in the past, he didn’t feel that his job would be “safe” after Emma split with so many coaches in the past 18 months.
Emma Raducanu in 2022
WWWLWWLLWW Now ranked no.76, Raducanu played her last match on the 4th of October when she was overcome by world no.8 Darya Kasatkina 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Ostrava (draw).
Currently, during this year Raducanu has achieved a 17-19 record. Emma Raducanu’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Seoul.
Belinda Bencic in 2022
LWWWWWWWLW Ranked no.13, Bencic played her last match on the 19th of October when she was overcome by world no.37 Sloane Stephens 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Guadalajara (draw).
This season the Swiss achieved an overall 38-18 win-loss record. Belinda clinched 1 title in Charleston. Belinda was the finalist in Berlin.
Emma Raducanu and Belinda Bencic faced off just on 1 occasion. Their head to head is 1-0 for Raducanu. When they played, Emma Raducanu won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in New York (U.S. Open) in September 2021.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
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