Emma Raducanu concludes her season and has decided to continue with trainer for 2026.
Emma Raducanu made it to the third stage in three of the four major tournaments in the current campaign.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her final two events of the year because of the illness that has affected her in recent days.
The 22-year-old was scheduled to compete in events in Asia but chose to travel back to regain her health ahead of launching plans for the 2026 season.
Her upcoming training will involve coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have agreed to work together for the upcoming season.
Raducanu had her blood pressure taken during her first-round match with Ann Li in Wuhan last week and withdrew when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She again required a visit from the doctor at the Ningbo Open this week, where she fell in a three-set match to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the first round.
She was also playing far from freely in the third set against Zhu because of a lower back issue that has troubled her during parts of the season.
These outcomes followed a positive campaign, in which she climbed into the world's top 30 for the first time since her previous ranking, ended with three successive defeats.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in round three in last month's Beijing event.
Raducanu won twenty-eight matches this year 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 the WTA 1000 event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way prior to a loss in three sets to fourth-ranked Pegula.
She was coached by Mark Petchey as coach between Miami and Wimbledon, with Roig taking over ahead of the US Open.
The original arrangement with the former trainer of Nadal was for the remainder of the year but the partnership will continue, with a training session scheduled late this year.
The athlete revealed that her three-day trial with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
She came very close to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in August's Cincinnati tournament.
Roig joined her in the New York tournament, where she made the third stage prior to losing to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
