British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends her season and will keep coach into the 2026 season.
Emma Raducanu made it to the third stage in three of the four Grand Slams in the current campaign.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu will not compete in her final two events of the year as a result of the illness that has affected her over the past 10 days.
Raducanu, aged 22 had planned to participate in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but opted to return home to rest and recuperate before starting next year's training.
These plans are set to feature coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals will keep partnering in 2026.
The tennis professional had her blood pressure taken in her opening round with Ann Li in Wuhan and retired when losing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She again required a visit from the doctor at the Ningbo Open this week, where she was defeated in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in round one.
Her movement was with clear difficulty in the third set in the match with Zhu due to the lower back problem that has affected her on several occasions in 2025.
Those results followed a positive campaign, in which Raducanu rose into the world's top 30 after a long gap in more than three years, concluded with three straight losses.
She held three match points then was defeated by American player Jessica Pegula in the third round in the Beijing tournament last month.
The player achieved 28 victories during 2025 and made it to the semi-final round in Washington, but her standout performance was at the Miami event in March.
Ranked first in Britain reached the quarter-finals of a premier WTA event, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way then falling in three sets to Pegula, ranked fourth.
Her coach was Mark Petchey as coach between Miami and Wimbledon, with Roig taking over for the US Open.
The original arrangement with the former trainer of 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 after Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
She nearly succeeded to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at their initial event as a team in August's Cincinnati tournament.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she advanced to round three then falling to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.
