Emma Raducanu is making plans to challenge the best players after her 'tough' split from coach Torben Beltz

Emma Raducanu has opened up about the “tough” decision she made to part ways with her coach Torben Beltz, as she prepares to take on the Madrid Open. After just five months working together, the US Open champion is looking for her fourth coach in less than a year, but she insists the pair parted on good terms.

Ad/> “Torben is a great guy. I really enjoyed my time with him on and off the court.

He is one of the nicest people I've met so obviously it was a tough one to split with someone like that' she said. WTA MadridStudious Osaka picking up Nadal tips and praise for superhero Swiatek – Madrid Diary2 HOURS AGO Raducanu splits with coach Beltz after just five months to pursue 'new training model' Swiatek powers past Raducanu to make semi-finals 'It’s a worry' — Raducanu must find 'consistency' after Beltz split, says Cowan Raducanu was keen to work with someone who understood the pressures of tour life, and having helped Angelique Kerber to Grand Slam success at the Australian Open and US Open, the 19-year-old thinks Beltz fulfilled her requirements.

“I think Torben has been great for me because when I wanted someone with tour experience, I think for my first six months on the tour, it was very valuable”, she said. Now, Raducanu — who picked up the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award — has confidence in her training and how she’s working, without the need for Beltz, saying, “'I feel like over the last few weeks, it's definitely become more apparent, and especially as I've spent more time on the tour playing more matches against these top opponents, that I kind of understand what I feel like I need more of.” /> The LTA's head of women's coaching Iain Bates is working with the Brit in Madrid, where Tereza