Emma Raducanu must find 'consistency' after Torben Beltz coaching split before Madrid Open, says Barry Cowan

Barry Cowan believes Emma Raducanu’s decision to fire another coach after a short spell together is a “worry” at this stage of her career. Raducanu has split with experienced coach Torben Beltz after just five months in order to pursue a «new training model». Ad/> The move comes soon after Raducanu’s best results of the year as she won her first professional clay match in the Billie Jean King Cup and then reached the last 16 of the Stuttgart Open, losing to world No.

1 Iga Swiatek. TennisRaducanu splits with coach Beltz after just five months to pursue 'new training model'8 HOURS AGO Raducanu will now be looking for a fourth coach in less than a year, having split from Nigel Sears after Wimbledon and then not renewing Andrew Richardson's contract despite winning the US Open. “Jokingly it’s like she started to do better so maybe a new coach was required!” former tennis professional Cowan told Sky Sports.

Raducanu splits with Beltz after five months Great Britain learn Davis Cup draw “That’s kind of been the theme with Emma since Wimbledon. I think it’s a worry. I have consistently said that what I’ve felt Emma needs is someone in her corner consistently.

She is not able to have that. “Moving forward it will be interesting to see who she works with. At this stage of any player’s career they are the most important years and the years when you need a consistent voice off the court and also on the court.

Emma is not going to have that at the moment because she is looking for a new coach.” Raducanu will work with the Lawn Tennis Association’s head of women's coaching Iain Bates at the Madrid Open this week. /> She said she enjoyed the «strong chemistry» with Beltz, who worked with former world No. 1 Angelique Kerber when she