Emma Raducanu splits from latest coach after ONE match just days after bombshell ‘coaching suicide’ interview

EMMA RADUCANU has axed another tennis coach – this time after just one match.

A proposed three-month trial run with Vladimir ‘Vlado’ Platenik began at the Indian Wells Open – where she lost in the first round – but did not last by the time she made the Miami Open.

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Emma Raducanu won her opening round match at the Miami Open in her first match since the split[/caption]

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Vladimir Platenik was in her box for just one game at the Indian Wells Open earlier this month[/caption]

The Slovakian, 49, was not in her corner as she raced into the second round in Florida with a dominant 6-2 6-1 victory over Japan’s Sayaka Ishii.

The British No.1 – who hit six aces – won her first match since dealing with a stalker at the Dubai Tennis Championships last month.

And for the world No.60, it was her first victory at the tournament on her third attempt.

The former US Open champion has been without a permanent coach since childhood friend Nick Cavaday stepped away for health reasons earlier this year.

Maybe what did not help was that Vlado gave an interview in his homeland where he revealed he had turned down two approaches in the past three-and-a-half years from Raducanu’s father.

He claimed it was because he considered the job to be “coaching suicide”.

Platenik explained: “Emma also approached me in a similar situation right after a great success [in 2021], which is why I said it could be coaching suicide.

“But now she is in a completely different position. She’s already gone through hell, she’s already been through the worst.”

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It had been thought they would use the months before the French Open to work on their partnership but two weeks on, Raducanu, 22, has turned back to big pal Jane O’Donoghue.

It is believed they have parted ways amicably but they quickly realised they were not heading in the right direction together – despite just two sets of competitive tennis.

The quest to find her eighth new coach will continue into the European claycourt season, which starts next month.

Meanwhile, American No8 seed Emma Navarro awaits in the second round as Raducanu looks to kickstart her year.