British tennis star Emma Raducanu concludes the current season and has decided to continue with coach for 2026.
The British player advanced to round three in three of the four Grand Slams in the current campaign.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from her final two events in 2025 as a result of a health issue that has affected her over the past 10 days.
Raducanu, aged 22 was due to play in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to regain her health before starting her preparations for 2026.
Those preparations are set to feature her coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have decided to continue collaborating again next season.
She had her blood pressure taken while playing the initial match versus Ann Li in Wuhan and retired when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
Another medical visit was necessary a visit from the doctor at the Ningbo Open this week, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the opening round.
Her movement was with clear difficulty in the third set against Zhu due to back discomfort that has affected her on several occasions in 2025.
These outcomes meant an encouraging season, in which Raducanu rose into the international top 30 after more than three years in more than three years, finished with a trio of defeats.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points before losing to American player Jessica Pegula in the third round in last month's Beijing event.
The player achieved 28 matches this year and made it to the semi-final round in Washington, but her most impressive week was at March's Miami Open.
Ranked first in Britain reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed during the tournament before losing in three sets to fourth-ranked Pegula.
Her coach was Mark Petchey as coach from Miami until Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in ahead of the US Open.
The original arrangement with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was for the remainder of the year but the collaboration persists, with planned training sessions for the end of the year.
The athlete revealed that the trial session with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
She nearly succeeded to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at the first competition with Roig in Cincinnati in August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in the New York tournament, where she made the third stage prior to losing to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.
