British tennis star Emma Raducanu wraps up her season and will keep coach into the 2026 season.
The British player advanced to round three in three out of four major tournaments in the current campaign.
Britain's Emma Raducanu will not compete in her remaining competitions of the year because of a health issue she has been fighting over the past 10 days.
The 22-year-old was scheduled to compete in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but opted to return home to rest and recuperate prior to beginning her preparations for 2026.
Her upcoming training will involve coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have decided to continue collaborating for the upcoming season.
She had her blood pressure taken during her first-round match against Ann Li in Wuhan last week and stopped playing when losing 6-1 4-1 on a very muggy occasion.
Another medical visit was necessary a doctor's assessment at this week's Ningbo Open, where she was defeated in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in round one.
She was also playing noticeably restricted in the final set in the match with Zhu due to a lower back issue that has affected her on several occasions in 2025.
These outcomes signaled a promising season, in which she climbed 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 prior to falling to American player Jessica Pegula in the third stage in Beijing last month.
Raducanu won twenty-eight matches this year and reached the semi-finals in the Washington tournament, but the highlight of her season was at the Miami Open in March.
Ranked first in Britain made the last eight of the WTA 1000 event, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route prior to a loss in three sets to Pegula, ranked fourth.
She worked with trainer Mark Petchey between Miami and Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in in time for the US Open.
The initial agreement with the former trainer of Nadal was for the remainder of the year but they will keep working together, with a training session scheduled in the coming months.
She mentioned that her three-day trial with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "black ops mission" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
The player was close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at the first competition with Roig in August's Cincinnati tournament.
Roig joined her in the New York tournament, where she made the third stage prior to losing to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.