British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends this year's campaign and will keep trainer for 2026.
The British player advanced to round three in three Grand Slam tournaments major tournaments in the current campaign.
Britain's Emma Raducanu will not compete in her remaining competitions of the year as a result of a medical condition that has affected her in recent days.
The 22-year-old was scheduled to compete in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but opted to return home to regain her health ahead of launching her preparations for 2026.
These plans are set to feature her coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals will keep partnering again next season.
Raducanu had her blood pressure taken in her opening round versus Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and stopped playing when trailing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She needed once more a visit from the doctor at the Ningbo Open this week, where she fell in a three-set match to local wildcard Zhu Lin in the first round.
Her movement was noticeably restricted in the deciding set against Zhu owing to the lower back problem that has troubled her on several occasions in 2025.
Such performances meant an encouraging season, in which she climbed into the top 30 globally after a long gap for the first time since 2022, ended with three successive defeats.
Raducanu had three match points prior to falling to American player Jessica Pegula in round three in last month's Beijing event.
She secured 28 matches this year and made it to the semi-final round in Washington, but her most impressive week was at the Miami event in March.
Ranked first in Britain made the last eight of a premier WTA event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed en route then falling in a three-set match to Pegula, ranked fourth.
She worked with trainer Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in for the US Open.
The first plan with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was through the season's conclusion but the collaboration persists, with a training session scheduled in the coming months.
Raducanu told that her three-day trial alongside Roig after Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
The player was close to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at the first competition with Roig in Cincinnati during August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she made the third stage prior to losing to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
