British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends the current season and plans to retain coach into the 2026 season.
Emma Raducanu reached the third round in three out of four Grand Slam events in the current campaign.
Emma Raducanu from Great Britain will not compete in the last two tournaments of the year because of a health issue that has affected her for the last week and a half.
At 22 years old was scheduled to compete in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but chose to travel back to recover before starting next year's training.
These plans are set to feature trainer Francisco Roig, as they have agreed to work together again next season.
She had her blood pressure taken while playing the initial match against Ann Li in Wuhan last week and retired when behind 6-1 4-1 on a very muggy occasion.
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.
She was also playing noticeably restricted in the final set against Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has been a concern on several occasions in 2025.
Those results signaled a promising season, in which Raducanu rose into the world's top 30 for the first time in more than three years, concluded with three straight losses.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points then was defeated by Pegula in round three in Beijing last month.
The player achieved 28 victories this year and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but the highlight of her season was at the Miami event in March.
As Britain's top player reached the quarter-finals of a premier WTA event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro during the tournament before losing in three sets to Pegula, ranked fourth.
She was coached by Mark Petchey between Miami and Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in in time for the US Open.
The initial agreement with the former trainer of Nadal was for the remainder of the year but the collaboration persists, with a training session scheduled in the coming months.
Raducanu told that her three-day trial with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "black ops mission" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
She came very close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at the first competition with Roig in August's Cincinnati tournament.
Roig joined her in New York, where she advanced to round three before being beaten by 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
