Emma Raducanu will statesman a proceedings play pinch Slovakian coach Vladimir Platenik erstwhile she plays her first-round lucifer astatine Indian Wells connected Thursday.
The 49-year-old was coaching Lulu Sun erstwhile nan New Zealand qualifier hit Raducanu successful nan 4th information of Wimbledon past July.
Platenik worked pinch compatriot Dominika Cibulkova erstwhile she reached nan semi-finals of nan French Open successful 2009, and has besides coached Russians Daria Kasatkina and Veronika Kudermetova.
Loughborough Academy coach Tom Welsh agreed to subordinate Raducanu for Indian Wells, but that was billed arsenic a one-off arrangement.
Raducanu, who has been without a imperishable coach since Nick Cavaday stood down for wellness reasons aft January's Australian Open, plays Japan's Moyuka Uchijima successful her opening Indian Wells match.
"I don't want to unreserved into anything, but I'm looking, I'm uncovering options and mounting tests up," Raducanu, 22, told BBC Sport earlier nan tournament.
"I deliberation erstwhile I person a building successful place, I will consciousness very group - whereas successful nan Middle East it was very difficult for maine because I didn't really person immoderate guidance aliases [advice on] which tournaments to play, and it was very difficult doing it each connected my own.
"I'm that benignant of personification who needs a scheme and needs preparation. That's what I'm building and that's making maine consciousness much comfortable."
Raducanu has won conscionable 1 lucifer since Cavaday's departure but besides had to woody pinch a man who followed her to 4 tournaments earlier being issued pinch a restraining bid by Dubai Police.
The 2021 US Open champion had antecedently worked pinch a wide scope of coaches including Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson (who was successful complaint during her tally to nan title successful New York), Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov and Sebastian Sachs.
This occupation has not been formally advertised, but Raducanu gave an outline of what she is looking for erstwhile asked astir nan perfect qualities of a coach.
"I would opportunity activity ethic, and a genuine passion and enthusiasm for what they do," she said.
"I'm nan benignant of personification who does person very agelong training days but it does not consciousness for illustration activity to me.
"I'd opportunity personification who doesn't needfully position what they do arsenic work, personification who genuinely has that thrust and hunger to execute nan champion and triumph large titles.
"I deliberation that's thing that a batch of group opportunity they have, but don't needfully have. You tin consciousness it, and I deliberation pinch maine I americium a very feelings-based person."
On time 1 of nan main tie action astatine Indian Wells, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was beaten 4-6 6-3 6-4 by France's Varvara Gracheva.
The conclusion intends Czech Kvitova is still searching for her first triumph since returning to nan WTA Tour past period aft giving commencement to her first kid past July.
Former world number 1 and four-time awesome champion Naomi Osaka plays Colombian Camila Osorio overnight.
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