British tennis sensation and 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu took to social media to announce that she will no longer work with her current coach, Sebastian Sachs. Sachs joins the extensive list of coaches that Raducanu has changed in the last two years, with him being the fifth and newest to leave the 20-year-old star. Raducanu announced the split in a Twitter post on Thursday.
I have really enjoyed Seb’s coaching and working with him, it’s unfortunate that circumstances made it unfeasible for both of us to continue right now and we have decided to part ways. I wish Seb all the best moving forwards. 🦾 pic.twitter.com/wrewLWVDVS
— Emma Raducanu (@EmmaRaducanu) June 1, 2023
“I have really enjoyed Seb’s coaching and working with him, it’s unfortunate that circumstances made it unfeasible for both of us to continue right now and we have decided to part ways,” her post said. “I wish Seb all the best moving forwards.”
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Emma Raducanu hasn’t played since April and announced last month she would miss the French Open and Wimbledon because she needed what she called “minor” procedures on both hands and an ankle. She said then she expected to be sidelined for a few months.
Her record during an injury-plagued 2023 is 5-5.
Emma Raducanu’s tumultuous last two years
Raducanu became one of the stars of tennis two years ago, when she made a surprising run to the fourth round at Wimbledon while ranked outside the top 300, then, soon after, won the U.S. Open at age 18 to become the first qualifier to claim a Grand Slam singles title.
She hasn’t made it past the second round at a major tournament since and has been switching coaches with regularity.
Sachs was hired late last year and followed Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson, Torben Beltz and Dmitry Tursunov in working with Raducanu.
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