Emma Raducanu ends her season and has decided to continue with coach into the 2026 season.
Emma Raducanu advanced to round three in three Grand Slam tournaments major tournaments this year.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her final two events in 2025 as a result of the illness that has affected her for the last week and a half.
Raducanu, aged 22 was scheduled to compete in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to regain her health before starting her preparations for 2026.
These plans are set to feature trainer Francisco Roig, as the pair have decided to continue collaborating again next season.
Raducanu required blood pressure checks in her opening round versus Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and withdrew when losing 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.
She needed once more a doctor's assessment at the Ningbo Open this week, where she was defeated in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in round one.
Her movement was noticeably restricted in the final set in the match with Zhu because of a lower back issue that has been a concern during parts of the season.
Those results meant an encouraging season, in which she climbed into the international top 30 after more than three years since her previous ranking, concluded with three straight losses.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points before losing to American player Jessica Pegula in the third stage in the Beijing tournament last month.
Raducanu won twenty-eight matches this year and made it to the semi-final round in Washington, but her most impressive week was at the Miami Open in March.
Ranked first in Britain reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed on the way before losing in a three-set match to Pegula, ranked fourth.
She worked with Mark Petchey between Miami and Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in in time for the US Open.
The first plan with the former trainer of Nadal was until the end of the season but they will keep working together, with a training block pencilled in in the coming months.
She mentioned that a three-day test period alongside Roig after Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
She came very close to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at the first competition with Roig in Cincinnati during August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she advanced to round three before being beaten by 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
