British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends the current season and will keep trainer through next year.
Emma Raducanu reached the third round in three of the four Grand Slam events during the season.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has pulled out of the last two tournaments this season as a result of the illness she has been battling over the past 10 days.
The 22-year-old had planned to participate in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to regain her health ahead of launching plans for the 2026 season.
Those preparations will include trainer Francisco Roig, as they have decided to continue collaborating for the upcoming season.
She had her blood pressure taken in her opening round against Ann Li in Wuhan last week and stopped playing when trailing 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 fell in a three-set match to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the opening round.
Raducanu was also moving far from freely in the deciding set versus Zhu due to a lower back issue that has affected her during parts of the season.
Those results meant an encouraging season, in which she climbed into the top 30 globally after more than three years for the first time since 2022, ended with three successive defeats.
Raducanu had three match points then was defeated by American player Jessica Pegula in the third round in last month's Beijing event.
She secured twenty-eight matches during 2025 and made it to the semi-final round in Washington, but her standout performance was at March's Miami Open.
Ranked first in Britain advanced to the quarters of this WTA 1000 tournament, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro during the tournament prior to a loss in three sets to the world number four Pegula.
She worked with Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role ahead of the US Open.
The initial agreement with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was until the end of the season but they will keep working together, with planned training sessions for the end of the year.
The athlete revealed that her three-day trial with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
The player was close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at the first competition with Roig in August's Cincinnati tournament.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she reached the third round prior to losing to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
