Tim Henman and Emma Raducanu’s dad performed position in coach getting sacked

Emma Raducanu’s agent has responded to critics of the Brit’s teaching choices. The 20-year-old has employed and fired 5 mentors in beneath two years and has most closely been questioned for axing Andrew Richardson proper after successful the US Open. But Max Eisenbud revealed that Raducanu’s dad Ian and Tim Henman additionally performed pivotal roles in her title triumph, displaying that she may make issues work with out Richardson.

Raducanu has typically been criticised for going by way of her coaches in fast succession. The former world No 10 made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon as an 18-year-old wildcard with Nigel Sears in her nook and stormed into the second week however parted methods with him and reunited along with her previous LTA youth coach Richardson.

She went on to make tennis historical past just some weeks after their link-up, turning into the one qualifier ever to win a Grand Slam title on the US Open. And it meant that the tennis world was left shocked when Raducanu axed her coach inside two weeks of her unprecedented triumph.

Since then, she has additionally labored with Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov and most lately Sebastian Sachs. But it’s her break up with Richardson that has all the time precipitated probably the most controversy – and Raducanu’s agent has set the record straight, explaining how her youth coach wasn’t the only affect behind her US Open win.

Speaking to The Tennis Podcast, IMG super-agent Eisenbud mentioned: “Andrew Richardson is a great guy and a very good coach and he was definitely part of that success, but so was Tim Henman, who was really helping her a lot.

“And quite frankly, her dad was the one putting in a lot of the game plans for the matches.” With Henman and Ian Raducanu taking part in such a giant half in her success on the US Open, it could have been simpler for the 20-year-old to chop ties with Richardson understanding that her triumph hadn’t been all the way down to him alone and that she may transfer ahead with out him.

After splitting along with her youth coach, Raducanu sought out somebody with extra expertise on the WTA Tour as she skyrocketed into the world’s prime 25 and was instantly eligible to play each occasion within the tennis calendar. For that, she turned to Beltz, who she labored with for 5 months.

With Henman and her personal father proving profitable prior to now, the 20-year-old may flip to them for some recommendation when she ultimately returns to competitors. But it appears she received’t be giving up her behavior of chopping and altering coaches as Eisenbud mentioned: “Perspective, it doesn’t look great for people who want it to be wrapped up in a perfect bow.

“I understand that and I see that, but for the family that’s the way they have done it. People need to get over the fact that that’s what they need to do. It’s probably going to be like that for the rest of her career.”