Emma Raducanu’s former coach Vladimir Platenik has spoken out on their time together and gave a revealing insight into the relationship with her father. Platenik worked with the Brit for just 10 days in the United States this year, before their partnership was called off on the eve of the Miami Open.

At the time of the split, Platenik claimed that Raducanu was “under a lot of pressure” and “stressed”, after previous coach Nick Cavaday stepped down for health reasons. She has since been reunited with Mark Petchey, who will work with the British No. 2 at the French Open and Wimbledon.

Platenik, the 49-year-old Slovak, admitted that he was surprised at the treatment he received from Raducanu’s father, Ian, during their brief time together.

“I was really happy, because I never heard a father thank me so many times that he thanked me after the practices,” said Platenik on the Diary of a Professional Tennis Coach podcast. “He was like, ‘Wow, you are doing everything what I wish a coach would do with my daughter, and she was improving’.

“And we were having discussions and like I said, it’s understandable, and I want to educate the parents, and I want to tell them what I'm working on with the player, and because I want them to feel comfortable that, you know, they can put the kid in my hands. You know what I mean?”

He also shared that Raducanu's father was surprised when his daughter called off the coaching partnership, but their time together ended amicably and he now only wishes the best for her moving forward.

“So, and he was as surprised as me, you know, when Emma stopped the cooperation. But I told him, it's okay, Ian, it's fine, you know, don't worry,” Platenik added.

“So, I was actually very good with Ian. And like I said, Emma was just little bit stressed, so and I told him: ‘I don't blame you. I don't blame her. It's just too much pressure’. And she was not doing well for such a long time, since US Open. And probably she wants to win another grand slam, and she wants to prove [to] everybody that she can do it.

“Which is a bad motivation, because, like I said, if you want to prove people that you can do something, it's most of the time you will not succeed. You know, it has to be you. You have to do it for yourself.”

Platenik also opened the door to working together in the future once more, telling her father that there are “absolutely no bad feelings”, as Raducanu moved onto another unusual coaching set-up.

At Roland Garros, Petchey will be juggling his coaching duties alongside a punditry role with TNT Sports.