MOSCOW, Oct 14 Russian coach Dmitry Tursunov was seen at the training session of the Swiss tennis player Belinda Bencic. The corresponding video was published on the page of the WTA 1000 category tournament in Guadalajara (Mexico) on Instagram*. It starts on October 17. Earlier, The Times reported that Tursunov decided not to continue cooperation with the winner of the US Open — 2021 British Emma Radukanu, with whom he had worked since July. Tursunov had previously worked with Estonian Anette Kontaveit, under the leadership of the Russian, she was at the end of last season reached the final of the final WTA tournament and made her debut in the top ten of the world rankings. In total, Tursunov helped the Estonian win five tournaments and reach the final in two more. Kontaveit and Tursunov ended their cooperation because the specialist had problems obtaining visas after the start of the conflict in Ukraine. Bencic is 25 years old. She is ranked 15th in the ranking of the best tennis players in the world. She has an Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games and five WTA singles titles, including a victory in Moscow in 2019.* Meta** (social networks Facebook* and Instagram) are banned in Russia as extremist.
