The 22-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu concludes this year's campaign and plans to retain trainer for 2026.
Emma Raducanu made it to the third stage in three of the four Grand Slams this year.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu will not compete in her remaining competitions of the year due to the illness that has affected her in recent days.
Raducanu, aged 22 had planned to participate in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to recover ahead of launching plans for the 2026 season.
These plans are set to feature coach Francisco Roig, as they will keep partnering again next season.
The tennis professional had her blood pressure taken during her first-round match against Ann Li in Wuhan and withdrew when trailing 6-1 4-1 on a very muggy occasion.
She again required a doctor's assessment at the Ningbo Open this week, where she fell in a three-set match to local wildcard Zhu Lin in round one.
Her movement was noticeably restricted in the deciding set against Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has affected her during parts of the season.
Such performances meant an encouraging season, in which the player advanced into the international top 30 for the first time for the first time since 2022, concluded with three straight losses.
Raducanu had three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in round three in the Beijing tournament last month.
The player achieved 28 victories during 2025 and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but her standout performance was at the Miami event in March.
Ranked first in Britain made the last eight of a premier WTA event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way prior to a loss in three sets to the world number four Pegula.
She was coached by Mark Petchey as coach from Miami until Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in for the US Open.
The initial agreement with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was until the end of the season but the collaboration persists, with a training session scheduled in the coming months.
The athlete revealed that her three-day trial with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "black ops mission" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.
The player was close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in Cincinnati in August.
Roig joined her in New York, where she reached the third round then falling to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.
