British tennis star Emma Raducanu concludes her season and has decided to continue with coach for 2026.
Emma Raducanu advanced to round three in three out of four major tournaments during the season.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her remaining competitions of the year as a result of the illness that has affected her for the last week and a half.
Raducanu, aged 22 was due to play in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but chose to travel back to rest and recuperate prior to beginning her preparations for 2026.
Her upcoming training will involve coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals will keep partnering for the upcoming season.
She had her blood pressure taken in her opening round against Ann Li in Wuhan and retired when behind 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.
She needed once more medical attention at the recent Ningbo Open, where she was defeated in three sets to Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin in the first round.
Her movement was far from freely in the final set in the match with Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has affected her during parts of the season.
Such performances signaled a promising season, in which she climbed into the world's top 30 after a long gap since her previous ranking, ended with three successive defeats.
She held three match points prior to falling to Jessica Pegula in round three in last month's Beijing event.
Raducanu won 28 matches during 2025 and made it to the semi-final round in the Washington tournament, but her most impressive week was at March's Miami Open.
As Britain's top player advanced to the quarters of this WTA 1000 tournament, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro during the tournament before losing in three sets to the world number four Pegula.
She was coached by trainer Mark Petchey from the Miami event through Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role for the US Open.
The original arrangement with Rafael Nadal's former coach was for the remainder of the year but the collaboration persists, with planned training sessions late this year.
The athlete revealed that her three-day trial with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.
She came very close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at their initial event as a team in Cincinnati during August.
Roig joined her in New York, where she reached the third round then falling to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
