Will Dmitry Tursunov revive Emma Raducanu's form ahead of Citi Open, and US Open title defence?

Emma Raducanu returns to the court this week with a new coach in her corner. The British No. 1 started working with Russian Dmitry Tursunov ahead of the Citi Open in Washington DC.

For now it is just a trial period together and Raducanu has said Tursunov already has pre-existing commitments for the Canadian Open next week. However, it has been reported the partnership may continue throughout the North American hard swing, which culminates at the US Open, where Raducanu will be defending champion after her shock victory a year ago. Ad/> Tursunov is an intriguing choice to turn to for Raducanu, who has been without a full-time coach since ending her short spell with Torben Beltz earlier this year.

Former world No. 20 Tursunov recently split with Anett Kontaveit apparently because visas were sometimes complicated due to his Russian nationality. He has also said in the past he would “tremble with fear” if asked to coach Raducanu, and has liked a tweet saying Raducanu’s parents are “mismanaging” her.

Tennis10 big questions for North American swing and US Open7 HOURS AGO There was one particular quote that stood out from an insightful interview with Tennis Majors earlier this year about his coaching methods. “My philosophy is that there’s no point in lying to the player. If the player is not good at something, then you have to be honest.

That’s not because you’re trying to insult them: you’re trying to help them improve. So there’s no point in dancing around the issue. “And that’s kind of the problem with a lot of players is they’re just not willing to hear the truth: they want to hear that the problem is maybe with the racquet or with the grips, or maybe with their mum or their dad and it takes a certain maturity and