The 22-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu ends her season and has decided to continue with her coach 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The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the last two tournaments of the year because of the illness that has affected her in recent days.
Raducanu, aged 22 had planned to participate in events in Asia but has decided to fly home to rest and recuperate before starting next year's training.
Her upcoming training will include her coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have agreed to work together for the upcoming season.
The tennis professional required blood pressure checks in her opening round versus Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and withdrew when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
Another medical visit was necessary a visit from the doctor at the Ningbo Open this week, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the first round.
She was also playing noticeably restricted in the deciding set against Zhu owing to the lower back problem that has affected her on several occasions in 2025.
Such performances meant an encouraging season, in which the player advanced into the world's top 30 after more than three years in more than three years, ended with three successive defeats.
She held three match points before losing to American player Jessica Pegula in round three in the Beijing tournament last month.
She secured 28 victories during 2025 and advanced to the semis in Washington, but her most impressive week was at March's Miami Open.
Ranked first in Britain made the last eight of a premier WTA event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed during the tournament then falling in three sets to the world number four Pegula.
She worked with trainer Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig taking over ahead of the US Open.
The original arrangement with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was until the end of the season but the collaboration persists, with a training block pencilled in in the coming months.
The athlete revealed that a three-day test period with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
She came very close to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at the first competition with Roig in Cincinnati in August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she reached the third round before being beaten by Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
