Emma Raducanu splits with coach Vladimir Platenik after simply two weeks | Tennis Information

Emma Raducanu is trying to find a brand new coach after splitting with Vladimir Platenik following an unsuccessful two-week trial.

The British No 2 reached the second spherical of the Miami Open on Wednesday with a snug straight-sets victory over Japan’s Sayaka Ishii however did so with out Platenik.

Raducanu’s spokesperson confirmed: “Emma and Vlado have parted methods.

“Emma has utmost respect for Vlado and the work they began however it wasn’t fairly not off course.

“Emma is now targeted on doing in addition to she will be able to right here in Miami after a stable begin as we speak and can proceed in search of the suitable coach.”

Raducanu recruited Slovakian Platenik on a two-week trial forward of Indian Wells however her first-round elimination by the hands of Moyuka Uchijima spelled the tip of their working relationship.

“I am very happy to have gotten by that, it isn’t simple to play somebody within the first spherical who’s youthful, harmful and in good type,” Raducanu instructed Sky Sports activities after her win in Miami.

“I am actually pleased with how I competed as we speak. It hasn’t been simple for me coming into this however I feel I put out a extremely good efficiency.”

Raducanu is again out there for a coach, with a long-term successor to Nick Cavaday, who stood down for well being causes after her third-round Australian Open exit to Iga Swiatek, but to be sourced.

Wednesday’s victory was solely Raducanu’s second win since Cavaday’s departure. She bids to make that three in opposition to eighth seed Emma Navarro within the second spherical on Friday, reside on Sky Sports activities.

“It may be an especially difficult match,” she added. “I feel it will likely be a match the place she’s in all probability in higher type, so I feel I can exit and try to specific myself and compete for each level.

“She’s an awesome individual. I feel on the tour she’s somebody I heat to and wish to say ‘hi there’ to, so it will likely be a double Emma at any time when we play.”

Britain’s Boulter dealt first-round exit in Miami

Raducanu is the final British girl standing within the match after Katie Boulter was overwhelmed 6-4 6-2 by American Peyton Stearns.

Boulter asserted herself with a 3-1 first-set lead earlier than Stearns adjusted to select up 4 straight video games and lead 5-3.

The 28-year-old took the following sport however went on to lose the set and Stearns went on to dominate the second to comfortably advance into the following spherical.

Miami Open schedule

Tuesday March 18: Ladies’s first spherical
Wednesday March 19: Males’s and ladies’s first spherical
Thursday March 20: Males’s first spherical/girls’s second spherical
Friday March 21: Males’s and ladies’s second spherical
Saturday March 22: Males’s second spherical/girls’s third spherical
Sunday March 23: Males’s and ladies’s third spherical
Monday March 24: Males’s third spherical/girls’s fourth spherical
Tuesday March 25: Ladies’s quarter-finals/males’s fourth spherical
Wednesday March 26: Males’s and ladies’s quarter-finals
Thursday March 27: Ladies’s semi-finals/males’s quarter-finals
Friday March 28: Males’s semi-finals
Saturday March 29: Ladies’s last
Sunday March 30: Males’s last

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