Emma Raducanu's agent defends coaching turnover

Raducanu has played lone 10 WTA matches this twelvemonth and is present ranked 131 successful the world

Emma Raducanu's cause has defended the player's attack aft disapproval of her turnover of coaches.

IMG elder vice-president Max Eisenbud told The Tennis Podcast that the attack has worked for Raducanu and her begetter Ian.

"It's astir apt going to beryllium similar that for the remainder of her career. That's what's comfy for them," helium said.

"I'm not saying it is close oregon wrong, but that is the mode they person done it, and I deliberation it is good to bash things differently."

Raducanu started her vocation with Nigel Sears, who near soon aft she reached the 4th circular of Wimbledon successful 2021, earlier Andrew Richardson guided her to her celebrated triumph astatine Flushing Meadows.

Torben Beltz was appointed successful November 2021 but near successful April 2022. He was replaced by Dimitri Tursunov, who warned of "red flags" and imaginable problems if Raducanu continued to perceive to excessively galore voices.

Last period she parted institution with Sebastian Sachs.

Raducanu had country successful May connected some wrists and an ankle and is not expected to play again until aboriginal this year.

• 'Raducanu's carousel of coaches'

Eisenbud said changing coaches has been a palmy method for Raducanu from her inferior career.

"Her dada and Emma power each the coaching stuff," helium said.

"All the mode up done the juniors, they ne'er had coaches a agelong time, so, for them, that's calm waters - having a manager for 4 to 5 months and past going connected to idiosyncratic else.

"Emma and her dada person their ain philosophy. Richard Williams (father of Venus and Serena) had his ain philosophy, which was different, and Yuri Sharapova (father of Maria) had his.

"We are not sitting successful a athletics that has a plethora of large coaches - possibly eight, 9 oregon 10 large coaches.

"Most of the great, large coaches don't privation to question for 35 oregon 40 weeks a twelvemonth and permission their families, truthful you person a tiny excavation that are consenting to question and complaint precise small money, truthful they support getting recycled and recycled. That is wherefore you spot coaches hopping around."

Eisenbud acknowledged that Raducanu whitethorn conflict to reaplce Sachs.

"There are coaches who mightiness beryllium acrophobic to instrumentality the changeable due to the fact that they've seen the way record," helium said.

"I recognize it is uncomfortable and doesn't acceptable successful the container that everyone wants, but if Emma Raducanu's biggest contented is that she is changing coaches each mates of months, I volition motion up for that."

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