Kontaveit hires Torben Beltz, former coach of Emma Raducanu and Angelique Kerber

Anett Kontaveit is to start working with Emma Raducanu and Angelique Kerber's former coach Torben Beltz ahead of Wimbledon.

World No. 2 Kontaveit has been without a coach since the start of June after splitting with Russian Dmitry Tursunov, who was not permitted to travel to many tournaments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Kontaveit has now announced on her official website that she has teamed up with Beltz, who had a five-month spell with Raducanu that ended in April.

Beltz also worked with Angelique Kerber when she reached world No. 1 and won two Grand Slam titles in 2016. She was due to play this week's Eastbourne International but pulled out of the tournament, saying: “Unfortunately I won’t be able to come and play in Eastbourne this year. I still need to recover and take care of my health after my infection to Covid recently. I didn’t feel good on court lately so I prefer not to take any risk and [instead] come back when I will be at 100%. Hope to see you all in Eastbourne in 2023.”