Emma Raducanu will be working alongside the German coach that helped Angelique Kerber become a three time Grand Slam winner, and World No 1.
Torben Beltz (44), Hamburg, is the expected partner for Kent’s 18-year old. He has been Germany’s most successful player in recent years and spent most of his life guiding them.
The Telegraph reported that an Instagram photo of the couple having a morning coffee in Orpington appeared last month.
Emma Raducanu met Torben Beltz for coffee, and was soon to become her coach.
Beltz is pictured (left) at Wimbledon 2016. He will now be taking Raducanu forward.
Angelique Kerber (right), won the US Open, Australian Open titles as Beltz was her coach
Their conversations seem to have turned into a working relationship over the next months. Beltz will not be there at the WTA Linz event this week.
After their third stint together, Kerber and Beltz have announced an amicable separation on Monday. Beltz will be seen by him as someone who has the experience to take a promising player, and turn them into a top-ten consistent performer.
Beltz is an expert on the WTA Tour’s workings, as she first met Kerber in her teens.
Kerber, after he won the Australian Open trophy in Melbourne in 2016, poses with it
Kerber reached the Wimbledon final in 2016, along with Beltz, but was defeated by Serena Williams (left).
The three-phase collaboration saw them win the Australian, US Opens and Wimbledon 2016 respectively.
Following her second triumph, she was crowned world number 1. His magic also included working with Donna Vekic, Croatia.
Raducanu has had many coaching partnerships in the past but was without one after Andrew Richardson’s unexpected termination of her contract in September.
Linz is Linz’s last tournament of the season. She will however play an exhibit at the Royal Albert Hall towards the end this month as well as an unofficial event at Abu Dhabi just before Christmas.
Raducanu (second from the left) and Andrew Richardson, former coach (second from right), parted ways this year