Coach Dmitry Tursunov ditches Emma Raducanu to work with Belinda Bencic

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Coach Dmitry Tursunov has started working with Belinda Bencic after parting ways with Emma Raducanu. Several days ago, British media that Raducanu and Tursunov were ending their collaboration. Also, British media reported that it was Tursunov that ended the partnership so he could accept another coaching opportunity.

Over the weekend, Tursunov was spotted on a practice court with Bencic in Guadalajara.

.@BelindaBencic talks to coach Dmitry Tursunov in Guadalajara pic.twitter.com/szeCBXtrwb — Jimmie48 Photography (@JJlovesTennis) October 16, 2022

Tursunov is now working with a third player in 2022.

In the first half of the season, Tursunov was working with Anett Kontaveit. Then, Tursunov joined Raducanu's coaching staff ahead of the North American hard court swing. After three months of working with Raducanu, Tursunov has another coaching job.

Raducanu, Tursunov appeared to be happy with each other

In September, Tursunov spoke extremely highly of Raducanu when asked about the 19-year-old Briton. "I really like her. She's a great person, she's smart, she works hard.

We all have our own things, every player has their own quirks and character traits. Sometimes players can be stubborn or hard to coach, you're not gonna get a perfect player. I think she's a really good person, I really like her, so it makes it a little bit easier for me," Tursunov said recently.

In late September, Raducanu seemingly confirmed that Tursunov was her new full-time coach. “I have definitely done more since starting with Dmitry. I have done a lot more hours, and that's something he and the other people in my team think is quite necessary, and myself included, just getting more robust, so long matches, or matches in a row, don't affect me.

And I think also just not trying to over complicate things for myself, he's helping with that, because sometimes I enjoy doing that, thinking of worst possible outcome, and just over-thinking it. So he's also trying to help me become more easy-going," Raducanu said in late September.