British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends this year's campaign and will keep coach for 2026.
Emma Raducanu reached the third round in three out of four major tournaments during the season.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has pulled out of the last two tournaments this season as a result of a medical condition she has been battling over the past 10 days.
At 22 years old had planned to participate in events in Asia but has decided to fly home to rest and recuperate prior to beginning plans for the 2026 season.
Her upcoming training will include trainer Francisco Roig, as they have agreed to work together for the upcoming season.
The tennis professional underwent blood pressure monitoring during her first-round match versus Ann Li in Wuhan and retired when losing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She again required a visit from the doctor at the Ningbo Open this week, where she fell in a three-set match to Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin in the opening round.
She was also playing far from freely in the final set against Zhu because of a lower back issue that has affected her on several occasions in 2025.
Such performances followed a positive campaign, in which Raducanu rose into the international top 30 after more than three years since her previous ranking, finished with a trio of defeats.
She held three match points prior to falling to Pegula in the third round in last month's Beijing event.
Raducanu won twenty-eight matches during 2025 and made it to the semi-final round in the Washington tournament, but her most impressive week was at the Miami event in March.
As Britain's top player advanced to the quarters of the WTA 1000 event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed during the tournament before losing in a three-set match to fourth-ranked Pegula.
She worked with Mark Petchey from the Miami event through Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in for the US Open.
The original arrangement with Rafael Nadal's former coach was through the season's conclusion but the collaboration persists, with planned training sessions for the end of the year.
She mentioned that a three-day test period with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
The player was close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in August's Cincinnati tournament.
Roig was also with Raducanu in New York, where she advanced to round three before being beaten by 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
