EMMA RADUCANU is on the search for a FIFTH coach in 16 months after Dmitry Tursunov called time on their trial period.
Yet in an attempt to end her ongoing injury woes, the 2021 US Open champion will hook up with Andy Murray’s former fitness guru.
Dmitry Tursunov worked with Emma Raducanu for a brief stint as a trial
Raducanu’s partnership with Tursunov – which began after she was knocked out of Wimbledon and oversaw her failed title defence in New York – has now finished.
SunSport understands the 19-year-old was keen to continue working with the Russian Davis Cup winner, who used to look after Belarussian Aryna Sabalenka and Estonian Anett Kontaveit.
But Californian-based Tursunov, 39, has decided to go down another route having weighed up his options – amid claims he may struggle to gain visas to travel around Europe.
Since her breakthrough at Wimbledon 2021, Raducanu has been coached by Andy Murray’s father-in-law Nigel Sears, US Open-winning mentor Andrew Richardson, German Torben Beltz and Tursunov.
She has also worked briefly with and gained advice from Jeremy Bates, Jane O’Donoghue, Iain Bates and doubles guru Louis Cayer.
Since her amazing maiden Slam success, the world No68 has been plagued with physical setbacks.
The Kent-based star ended her WTA season prematurely this month due to a right wrist injury but is set to represent Britain at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Glasgow next month.
Raducanu has now turned to tennis conditioning trainer Jez Green – who worked with former world No1 Murray for seven years until November 2014 – to improve her stamina and endurance.
They will join forces this autumn and winter and into the pre-season for the 2023 campaign, which begins in Australia in late December.
Green worked with Murray, 35, as he won Olympic singles gold and the US Open in 2012 and then the first of two Wimbledon crowns the following year.
A Bachelor of Science graduate from Loughborough University graduate, Green has also assisted Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem in recent years.
Elsewhere, Murray beat Spanish No6 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5 6-2 in the first round of the Gijon Open in North-West Spain.
