Emma Raducanu wraps up the current season and will keep her 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 final two events in 2025 as a result of a medical condition she has been battling in recent days.
The 22-year-old was due to play in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to recover ahead of launching plans for the 2026 season.
Those preparations are set to feature her coach Francisco Roig, as the pair will keep partnering in 2026.
Raducanu underwent blood pressure monitoring during her first-round match versus Ann Li in Wuhan and stopped playing when losing 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.
She needed once more a visit from the doctor at the Ningbo Open this week, where she was defeated in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in the first round.
Her movement was with clear difficulty in the deciding set in the match with Zhu because of back discomfort that has affected her during parts of the season.
These outcomes signaled a promising season, in which Raducanu rose into the top 30 globally for the first time for the first time since 2022, finished with a trio of defeats.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points prior to falling to American player Jessica Pegula in round three in the Beijing tournament last month.
The player achieved 28 victories during 2025 and advanced to the semis in Washington, but the highlight of her season was at the Miami Open in March.
As Britain's top player advanced to the quarters of this WTA 1000 tournament, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed on the way then falling in a three-set match to fourth-ranked Pegula.
Her coach was Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in ahead of the US Open.
The initial agreement with Rafael Nadal's former coach was through the season's conclusion but they will keep working together, with planned training sessions for the end of the year.
The athlete revealed that her three-day trial 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 initial event as a team in August's Cincinnati tournament.
Roig joined her in New York, where she made the third stage prior to losing to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
