British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends the current season and will keep her coach for 2026.
The British player advanced to round three in three Grand Slam tournaments major tournaments in the current campaign.
Emma Raducanu from Great Britain has withdrawn from her remaining competitions of the year due to the illness that has affected her over the past 10 days.
The 22-year-old was due to play in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to regain her health before starting plans for the 2026 season.
These plans are set to feature coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have agreed to work together for the upcoming season.
The tennis professional had her blood pressure taken during her first-round match with Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and withdrew when behind 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.
Another medical visit was necessary a visit from the doctor at the recent Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin in the opening round.
She was also playing noticeably restricted in the third set in the match with Zhu because of back discomfort that has troubled her during parts of the season.
These outcomes followed a positive campaign, in which the player advanced into the world's top 30 after a long gap for the first time since 2022, ended with three successive defeats.
Raducanu had three match points prior to falling to American player Jessica Pegula in the third stage in last month's Beijing event.
She secured 28 victories during 2025 and made it to the semi-final round in Washington, but her most impressive week was at the Miami Open in March.
As Britain's top player reached the quarter-finals of a premier WTA event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed en route before losing in a three-set match to fourth-ranked Pegula.
Her coach was trainer Mark Petchey between Miami and Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in ahead of the US Open.
The initial agreement with the former trainer of Nadal was until the end of the season but the partnership will continue, with a training block pencilled in for the end of the year.
Raducanu told that the trial session alongside Roig after 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 their first tournament together in August's Cincinnati tournament.
Roig joined her in New York, where she reached the third round then falling to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
