British tennis star Emma Raducanu concludes the current season and plans to retain her coach through next year.
The British player made it to the third stage in three of the four Grand Slams during the season.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her final two events of the year as a result of the illness she has been fighting for the last week and a half.
Raducanu, aged 22 was scheduled to compete in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but chose to travel back to regain her health ahead of launching her preparations for 2026.
Her upcoming training are set to feature trainer Francisco Roig, as the pair have decided to continue collaborating in 2026.
The tennis professional had her blood pressure taken in her opening round versus Ann Li in Wuhan and withdrew when trailing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She again required medical attention at this week's Ningbo Open, where she was defeated in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in the first round.
Raducanu was also moving noticeably restricted in the deciding set versus Zhu because of a lower back issue that has been a concern on several occasions in 2025.
Such performances followed a positive campaign, in which she climbed into the top 30 globally after a long gap since her previous ranking, ended with three successive defeats.
She held three match points prior to falling to Jessica Pegula in the third stage in the Beijing tournament last month.
The player achieved 28 matches in the current season and advanced to the semis in Washington, but her most impressive week was at the Miami Open in March.
As Britain's top player reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route before losing in three sets to the world number four Pegula.
She was coached by Mark Petchey as coach from the Miami event through Wimbledon, with Roig taking over ahead of the US Open.
The first plan with the former trainer of Nadal was through the season's conclusion but the partnership will continue, with planned training sessions in the coming months.
Raducanu told that a three-day test period with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "black ops mission" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
She came very close to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at the first competition with Roig in Cincinnati during August.
Roig joined her in New York, where she made the third stage then falling to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
