British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends this year's campaign and plans to retain her coach into the 2026 season.
The British player reached the third round in three Grand Slam tournaments Grand Slams in the current campaign.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu will not compete in her remaining competitions in 2025 due to a health issue she has been fighting for the last week and a half.
At 22 years old had planned to participate in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but chose to travel back to rest and recuperate ahead of launching plans for the 2026 season.
Those preparations will involve trainer Francisco Roig, as both individuals have decided to continue collaborating in 2026.
Raducanu required blood pressure checks during her first-round match against Ann Li in Wuhan and retired when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She again required a visit from the doctor at the recent Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the first round.
She was also playing far from freely in the deciding set against Zhu owing to the lower back problem that has affected her on several occasions in 2025.
These outcomes followed a positive campaign, in which Raducanu rose into the world's top 30 after a long gap since her previous ranking, ended with three successive defeats.
Raducanu had three match points then was defeated by American player Jessica Pegula in the third stage in Beijing last month.
She secured twenty-eight matches this year and advanced to the semis in the Washington tournament, but the highlight of her season was at the Miami Open in March.
Ranked first in Britain made the last eight of a premier WTA event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed during the tournament then falling in a three-set match to the world number four Pegula.
Her coach was Mark Petchey from the Miami event through Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role for the US Open.
The initial agreement with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was through the season's conclusion but the partnership will continue, with planned training sessions in the coming months.
Raducanu told that the trial session with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
She came very close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in Cincinnati in August.
Roig joined her in New York, where she reached the third round then falling to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.
