Belinda Bencic Hires Dmitry Tursunov As Coach

Dmitry Tursunov is working with Belinda Bencic after breaking up Emma Raducanu. In the last 15 months, Raducanu has worked with 4 coaches but her on-court results have not shown any improvement.

Bencic has been ranked as high as world number 4. She won the gold medal in singles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In her early years, she was coached by Martina Hingis’ mother Melanie Molitor. Her best grand slam result came at the 2019 US Open where she reached the semifinals.

Prior to working with Raducanu, Tursunov worked with Anett Kontaveit, helping her move up to world number 2. Before that, he worked with Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Vesnina.

Dmitry Tursunov retired from professional tennis in 2017. He reached a career-high ranking of world number 20. He won seven singles titles in his career but never managed to move beyond the fourth round of a grand slam.

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Andreas Seppi Retires From Tennis After An Excellent Career (Italian Tennis Federation Insults Him By Denying a WildCard For Farewell Tournament)

Andreas Seppi has decided to hang up his racquets. Seppi, the first Italian man to win a title on three surfaces called time on his career after the Challenger in Ortisei in his hometown.

Seppi reached a career-high ranking of world number 18. He reached the fourth round in singles at grand slams multiple times. He won three singles titles and one doubles title in his career.

It’s been a difficult season, especially in terms of my physical condition. Many ailments and little continuity. I realized that my body can no longer bear certain efforts and I have decided that the tournament in Ortisei will be my last one as a professional.

-Andreas Seppi

 This is an insult to Seppi, who has represented Italy in the Olympics and the Davis Cup for many years. But the Italian Tennis Federation can’t take away Seppi’s excellent career. John Millman captured tennis fans’ sentiments perfectly with his tweet.

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