Emma Raducanu discovers draw in first tournament since splitting from tennis coach | Tennis | sport

Emma Raducanu has discovered her draw at the upcoming Singapore Tennis Open.

The WTA 250 tournament will be the first for the Brit since parting ways with Nick Cavaday, her coach of more than a year.

Cavaday stepped down for health reasons and Raducanu is now considering her options.

In the meantime, the 22-year-old will compete in Singapore, where she is seeded number 7. Raducanu drew Cristina Bucsa in the first round.

The Spaniard is currently outside the top 100 in the world in singles, but is No. 21 in doubles. Raducanu has never competed against Bucsa in professional sport.

If she wins her opening match, Raducanu is guaranteed to face a qualifier in the second round.

The British No. 2 is in the same section of the draw as top seed Anna Kalinskaya, who could be a potential quarter-final opponent.

It will be Raducanu’s first appearance since she failed at the Australian Open and ended her partnership with Cavaday.

The British coach worked with Raducanu for 14 months but on Friday it was confirmed they had parted ways, allowing Cavaday to spend time at home recovering from his health condition.

“I am very fortunate to have been able to work with Emma over the last 14 months,” said Cavaday.

“At this moment, it is important for me to spend some more time at home and prioritize restoring my health, which is difficult to achieve with the busy calendar.”

Cavaday first worked with Raducanu during her childhood in Bromley. He was their longest-serving coach on the professional tour.

Raducanu still works with Yutaka Nakamura, the fitness trainer she hired in the offseason, but is taking time to weigh her options before appointing a new trainer.

Since her breakthrough appearance at Wimbledon in 2021, Raducanu has worked with six mentors – Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson, Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov, Sebastian Sachs and Cavaday.

Raducanu has also worked with LTA coaches and received help from Jane O’Donoghue, who has been something of a confidante for the world number 61.

The Brit must put her coaching position aside and concentrate on the task ahead in Singapore, where she hopes to build on her success in the third round of the Australian Open.