Emma Raducanu has 'bruising' approach to hiring coaches as insider details family's role

Emma Raducanu's process for hiring and working with a coach has emerged after the Brit split with Torben Beltz after five months. Raducanu's father is known for his unorthodox approach to coaching and it is likely his methods could be applied as the US Open champion said she will "transition to a new training model".

Raducanu announced she was no longer working with Beltz after five months together on Tuesday. "I want to thank Torben for his coaching, professionalism and dedication over the last half a year," she said in a statement.

"He has a huge heart and I have enjoyed our strong chemistry during the time together. I feel the best direction for my development is to transition to a new training model with the LTA supporting in the interim." It's the world No 11's third surprise coaching split in nine months, as she previously axed Nigel Sears after her Wimbledon run as a wildcard before ending her partnership with Andrew Richardson weeks after winning the US Open.

It now appears that the Bromley local's latest decision to end her work with the renowned German coach could be a product of her father Ian's "outside-the-box" approach to coaching as comments made about her dad after Raducanu's US Open triumph have emerged. "His outlook on tennis is wide-ranging. He is happy to think outside the box," British coach and pundit Mark Petchey previously claimed.

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"As a coach, he challenges you - his view is the coach does not necessarily know everything. I thought he had a good handle on what the particular needs of his daughter were." A 'British insider' also told The Telegraph that Ian puts potential coaches through something of a brutal process,