British tennis star Emma Raducanu concludes her season and has decided to continue with trainer into the 2026 season.
Emma Raducanu advanced to round three in three out of four Grand Slam events this year.
Britain's Emma Raducanu will not compete in the last two tournaments of the year due to a health issue she has been fighting over the past 10 days.
The 22-year-old was scheduled to compete in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to recover before starting next year's training.
These plans will include trainer Francisco Roig, as both individuals will keep partnering in 2026.
Raducanu underwent blood pressure monitoring in her opening round versus Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and stopped playing when losing 6-1 4-1 on a very muggy occasion.
She again required a visit from the doctor at this week's Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in the first round.
She was also playing far from freely in the third set against Zhu because of back discomfort that has affected her on several occasions in 2025.
Such performances signaled a promising 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 before losing to Jessica Pegula in the third stage in Beijing last month.
Raducanu won twenty-eight matches in the current season and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but her most impressive week was at the Miami Open in March.
As Britain's top player made the last eight of a premier WTA event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route then falling in a three-set match to fourth-ranked Pegula.
Her coach was Mark Petchey as coach from the Miami event through Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role ahead of the US Open.
The first plan with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was through the season's conclusion but the partnership will continue, with a training session scheduled in the coming months.
The athlete revealed that the trial session alongside Roig after Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.
The player was close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at their first tournament together in Cincinnati during August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she made the third stage prior to losing to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
