The US Open champion Emma Raducanu confirmed on Tuesday night that Angelique Kerber`s long-time mentor Torben Beltz will be her new coach. The German will link up with Raducanu as she builds towards the 2022 season and the Australian Open, which begins on January 17. The British number one has been without a coach since parting company with Andrew Richardson shortly after becoming the first qualifier to win the US Open in September.

"It`s obviously a great privilege to be working with such an experienced coach," the teenager said after her defeat against Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu in Linz, as per Sky Sports. "I`m definitely very excited to work with him throughout the pre-season and into next year so things are looking up and it`s a very, very positive feeling, very excited about all the work that is to come," she added.