Emma Raducanu wraps up this year's campaign and has decided to continue with coach into the 2026 season.
Emma Raducanu made it to the third stage in three Grand Slam tournaments Grand Slams in the current campaign.
Britain's Emma Raducanu will not compete in her remaining competitions of the year as a result of the illness she has been battling for the last week and a half.
The 22-year-old was scheduled to compete in events in Asia but chose to travel back to rest and recuperate ahead of launching her preparations for 2026.
These plans will involve her coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have agreed to work together again next season.
She required blood pressure checks during her first-round match against Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and stopped playing when trailing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She again required a visit from the doctor at this week's Ningbo Open, where she was defeated in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in round one.
She was also playing with clear difficulty in the third set in the match with Zhu owing to the lower back problem that has troubled her at times this year.
Those results followed a positive campaign, in which she climbed into the world's top 30 after a long gap since her previous ranking, finished with a trio of defeats.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points prior to falling to Jessica Pegula in round three in the Beijing tournament last month.
The player achieved 28 matches in the current season and made it to the semi-final round in Washington, but her standout performance was at the Miami event in March.
Ranked first in Britain made the last eight of a premier WTA event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way then falling in three sets to the world number four Pegula.
Her coach was Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig taking over ahead of the US Open.
The original arrangement with the former trainer of Nadal was for the remainder of the year but the partnership will continue, with a training block pencilled in late this year.
The athlete revealed that her three-day trial with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
She came very close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their initial event as a team in Cincinnati during August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she made the third stage prior to losing to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
