In a rather weird exchange, Emma Raducanu and Belinda Bencic swapped coaches. Emma was working with Dmitry Tursunov, who eventually decided to partner with Belinda Bencic. According to a well-known journalist, James Gray, Raducanu is now working on a trial basis with Sebastian Sachs, who used to be Belinda Bencic’s coach.
Before Andrew Richardson led Raducanu to her historic grand slam title (2021 US Open), she made her breakthrough at Wimbledon a few months earlier under the direction of Nigel Sears. After Andrew, Torben Beltz took his place, Iain Bates, the LTA’s director of women’s tennis, and senior performance adviser Louis Cayer also coached Emma before she hired Tursunov.
NEW: Emma Raducanu is working on court with Sebastian Sachs, formerly Belinda Bencic's coach.
Understood that it is a trial basis with, as usual, the possibility of a longer term relationship.
Sachs was also previously part of Victoria Azarenka's team.
— James Gray (@jamesgraysport) December 16, 2022
Emma Raducanu in 2022
LLWWWWLWWL Now the world no.76, the Brit played her last match on the 4th of October when she lost to world no.8 Darya Kasatkina 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Ostrava (draw).
This year Emma has a 17-19 win-loss record. Emma Raducanu’s most significant result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Seoul.
Belinda Bencic in 2022
LLWWWLLWWW Now ranked no.12, the Swiss played her last match on the 13th of November when she beat world no.33 Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2 6-1 in the Rubber 2 in (draw).
At the moment, during this season Belinda owns a composed 42-18 record. Bencic clinched 1 title in Charleston. Belinda reached the final in Berlin.
Emma Raducanu and Belinda Bencic fought against each other just 1 time. Their actual record 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 highlights.
