British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends the current season and plans to retain trainer into the 2026 season.
Emma Raducanu advanced to round three in three out of four Grand Slam events this year.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her remaining competitions this season because of a medical condition she has been fighting in recent days.
The 22-year-old was due to play in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to recover prior to beginning her preparations for 2026.
Those preparations are set to feature her coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals will keep partnering again next season.
She required blood pressure checks while playing the initial match versus Ann Li in Wuhan and stopped playing when losing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
Another medical visit was necessary a visit from the doctor at the recent Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in the opening round.
Raducanu was also moving noticeably restricted in the third set in the match with Zhu owing to the lower back problem that has been a concern on several occasions in 2025.
Those results meant an encouraging season, in which the player advanced into the world's top 30 after more than three years since her previous ranking, ended with three successive defeats.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points then was defeated by American player Jessica Pegula in the third round in Beijing last month.
The player achieved 28 victories this year and made it to the semi-final round in Washington, but her most impressive week was at March's Miami Open.
The British number one made the last eight of a premier WTA event, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route before losing in three sets to Pegula, ranked fourth.
She was coached by Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role ahead of the US Open.
The original arrangement with Rafael Nadal's former coach was for the remainder of the year but the partnership will continue, with planned training sessions in the coming months.
Raducanu told that her three-day trial with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "black ops mission" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.
The player was close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at their initial event as a team in Cincinnati during August.
Roig was also with Raducanu in the New York tournament, where she reached the third round prior to losing to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.
