"I didn’t feel secure enough" - Tursunov on why he ended partnership with Raducanu
WTATuesday, 21 February 2023 at 22:20
Updated at Tuesday, 12 August 2025 at 16:02
Emma Raducanu's former coach Dmitry Tursunov has revealed why he decided to end the coaching role he had with the former US Open champion.
During 'The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast', the Russian former player confirmed that it was he who ended the relationship, citing convoluted and lengthy negotiations as a reason for his decision to leave.
"I stopped the negotiations. I felt like the negotiations went too long. Too far that wasn’t a solid commitment, not on the terms that I liked. We started to negotiate over things that were so trivial and insignificant in my mind that it wouldn’t have worked. I didn’t feel secure enough."- Tursunov on difficult negotiations with Raducanu
"I didn’t feel like it’s a serious set up I didn’t feel like it’s gonna be a long-term relationship. I felt like it at any point it can break over something insignificant and I could have been wrong maybe I had PTSD, you know, from previous relationships."- Tursunov opens up on his perceived fragility of the coaching contract
Despite the acrimonious end to their partnership, Tursunov still believes that the British No. 1 will be a success in the future, and spoke positively about her work ethic, intelligence and commitment to the sport.
"I mean, with me, she was [a hard worker]. Sooner or later, she's just gonna sort it out. She's too smart of a person not to sort out you know. She loves tennis too much not to figure it out."- Tursunov on Emma Raducanu's future prospects
The former US Open champion is next due to play at the inaugural ATX Open in Austin, Texas. Emma will be looking to build her ranking back up again over the course of this year, with Austin coming as a blank slate for points for all involved, as it is the first iteration of this new edition to the calendar.
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