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Emma Raducanu will begin a trial period with Slovakian coach Vladimir Platenik when she plays her first-round match at Indian Wells on Thursday.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 49-year-old was coaching Lulu Sun when the New Zealand qualifier beat Raducanu in the fourth round of Wimbledon last July.<\/p>\n
Platenik worked with compatriot Dominika Cibulkova when she reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2009, and has also coached Russians Daria Kasatkina and Veronika Kudermetova.<\/p>\n
Loughborough Academy coach Tom Welsh agreed to join Raducanu for Indian Wells, but that was billed as a one-off arrangement.<\/p>\n
Raducanu, who has been without a permanent coach since Nick Cavaday stood down for health reasons after January’s Australian Open, plays Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima in her opening Indian Wells match.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to rush into anything, but I’m looking, I’m finding options and setting trials up,” Raducanu, 22, told BBC Sport before the tournament.<\/p>\n
“I think once I have a structure in place, I will feel very set – whereas in the Middle East it was very difficult for me because I didn’t really have any direction or [advice on] which tournaments to play, and it was very difficult doing it all on my own.<\/p>\n
“I’m that kind of person who needs a plan and needs preparation. That’s what I’m building and that’s making me feel more comfortable.”<\/p>\n
Raducanu has won just one match since Cavaday’s departure but also had to deal with a man who followed her to four tournaments before being issued with a restraining order by Dubai Police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n