Get out of the comfort zone - Bencic gets Tursunov as a coach
In the coming year, Belinda Bencic would like to take another step closer to the absolute top of the world. And in Dmitry Tursunov, he has found a successful but uncomfortable coach.
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Oct 20, 2022, 05:06 pm
One has already wondered who this task could be that Dmitry Tursunov finds more exciting as a coach than Emma Raducanu. Tursunov had worked with Raducanu for a few weeks in the second half of the current season, and the first improvements were quickly evident. But then they parted ways, at the instigation of Tursunov, as Raducanu himself said. Because he had already promised someone else for the near future: Belinda Bencic, as she revealed in an interview with the WTA insider.
"It's definitely going to be a challenge for me because it's new and different and something I want to improve on," said Bencic, who after losing to Sloane Stephens at the WTA Tour 1000 tournament in Guadalajara no longer had a chance has an attendance at the WTA Finals in Fort Worth. "It takes me out of my comfort zone. And that's exactly what I wanted). Before Raducanu, Tursunov had already worked with Aryna Sabalenka and Anett Kontaveit. And both brought them very close to the absolute top of the world.
Why Belinda Bencic chose Dmitry Tursunov? "I strongly believe that he is a very good coach. And that he will improve me, my game and also the mental part. I am extremely happy that he decided to work with me," said the Olympic champion from Tokyo 2021 onwards. But she also knows: "He's very honest and tough, but that's exactly what I need."