British tennis star Emma Raducanu concludes her season and will keep her coach through next year.
The British player advanced to round three in three Grand Slam tournaments Grand Slam events during the season.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from her remaining competitions of the year because of the illness she has been battling over the past 10 days.
Raducanu, aged 22 was scheduled to compete in events in Asia but has decided to fly home to recover ahead of launching next year's training.
Those preparations will involve her coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have agreed to work together again next season.
The tennis professional underwent blood pressure monitoring during her first-round match versus Ann Li in Wuhan last week and withdrew when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
Another medical visit was necessary medical attention at the Ningbo Open this week, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in round one.
Raducanu was also moving with clear difficulty in the third set against Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has affected her on several occasions in 2025.
These outcomes followed a positive campaign, in which Raducanu rose into the top 30 globally after a long gap for the first time since 2022, ended with three successive defeats.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points then was defeated by Jessica Pegula in the third round in the Beijing tournament last month.
Raducanu won 28 victories 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 on the way prior to a loss in three sets to Pegula, ranked fourth.
She was coached by Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig taking over ahead of the US Open.
The initial agreement with Rafael Nadal's former coach was until the end of the season but they will keep working together, with a training session scheduled for the end of the year.
The athlete revealed that a three-day test period with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
She came very close to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at their initial event as a team in Cincinnati in August.
Roig was also with Raducanu in New York, where she advanced to round three prior to losing to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
