Emma Raducanu family coaching claim scrutinised as Brit dubbed 'extra-curricular'

Emma Raducanu

Raducanu parted ways with Torben Beltz last month, after just six months together after deciding to "transition to a new training model with the LTA supporting in the interim." It leaves the US Open champion without a head coach, though she is currently travelling with the head of women's tennis at the LTA, Iain Bates, and receiving remote guidance from Louis Cayer, whose main focus is on doubles stars Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, and has dubbed the teenager his "extra-curricular" project.

And it appears that Raducanu will have trouble finding a coach if she continues to stick to her family's approach, as Betton scrutinised their thought process following a claim from a "source close to the family" in a BBC article that her family want someone who can "challenge her tennis IQ", believing "there are very few people who can do that".

But the family's reported mentality towards coaching has been scrutinised by Betton, who believes her intelligence has no correlation with her needs for a coach. "Emma is clearly an incredibly smart young woman but does that mean that she doesn't need a conventional coach?" he told The Telegraph.

's family approach to her coach selection has been rubbished by British coach Calvin Betton. The mentor to multiple British players on the Challenger and Futures circuit criticised the idea that the 19-year-old's tennis IQ was too high for most coaches. Raducanu is currently without a mentor after axing Torben Beltz but is receiving guidance from the LTA's Louis Cayer as an "extra-curricular".

Raducanu parted ways with Torben Beltz last month, after just six months together after deciding to "transition to a new training model with the LTA supporting in the interim." It leaves the US