Emma Raducanu will start a trial interval with coach Vladimir Platenik in her opening match at Indian Wells on Thursday, a supply has advised ESPN.
The 2021 US Open champion has been with no everlasting coach since splitting with Nick Cavaday, who stood down for well being causes after the Australian Open in January.
Raducanu will begin her marketing campaign on the Indian Wells event below steering of Slovakian coach Platenik, who was the coach of Lulu Solar when the New Zealander knocked Raducanu out of Wimbledon within the fourth spherical in 2024.
“I do not need to rush into something, however I am wanting, I am discovering choices and setting trials up,” Raducanu advised BBC Sport.
“I believe as soon as I’ve a construction in place, I’ll really feel very set — whereas within the Center East it was very tough for me as a result of I did not actually have any course or [advice on] which tournaments to play, and it was very tough doing all of it by myself.
“I am that sort of one who wants a plan and wishes preparation. That is what I am constructing and that is making me really feel extra snug.”
The British No. 2 will face Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima in her opening Indian Wells match as she appears to regain profitable type following a troublesome begin to 2025.
Raducanu crashed out of the Australian Open in January after shedding to world No. 2 Iga Swiatek within the third spherical and had didn’t file a win in her subsequent three matches.
The 22-year-old gained her opening sport of the Dubai Tennis Championships however was pressured into one other setback after she was delivered to tears by a person within the crowd demonstrating “fixated behaviour.”
Beneath Platenik, Raducanu might be seeking to go her furthest right into a championship in 2025.
Platenik has beforehand labored with Dominika Cibulkova when she reached the semifinals of the French Open in 2009, and has additionally coached Daria Kasatkina and Veronika Kudermetova.
Loughborough Academy coach Tom Welsh will even be part of Raducanu for Indian Wells in a one-off association.