Emma Raducanu wraps up the current season and plans to retain coach through next year.
Emma Raducanu made it to the third stage in three of the four Grand Slams during the season.
Britain's Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from her final two events of the year as a result of the illness that has affected her for the last week and a half.
Raducanu, aged 22 had planned to participate in events in Asia but opted to return home to rest and recuperate prior to beginning next year's training.
Those preparations will include trainer Francisco Roig, as they will keep partnering in 2026.
Raducanu required blood pressure checks during her first-round match against Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and stopped playing when losing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She needed once more a visit from the doctor at the recent Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in round one.
Raducanu was also moving far from freely in the deciding set against Zhu due to the lower back problem that has been a concern at times this year.
These outcomes followed a positive campaign, in which she climbed into the top 30 globally after more than three years in more than three years, ended with three successive defeats.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in the third round in the Beijing tournament last month.
Raducanu won 28 matches during 2025 and reached the semi-finals in the Washington tournament, but her standout performance was at March's Miami Open.
The British number one made the last eight of a premier WTA event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route prior to a loss in three sets to fourth-ranked Pegula.
Her coach was trainer Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig taking over for the US Open.
The first plan 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.
She mentioned that the trial session alongside Roig after Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
The player was close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at their initial event as a team in Cincinnati during August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in the New York tournament, where she advanced to round three then falling to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
