British tennis star Emma Raducanu wraps up the current season and has decided to continue with her coach for 2026.
Emma Raducanu reached the third round in three of the four Grand Slam events in the current campaign.
Britain's Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her final two events in 2025 because of the illness that has affected her over the past 10 days.
At 22 years old was scheduled to compete in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but opted to return home to rest and recuperate prior to beginning plans for the 2026 season.
Those preparations are set to feature trainer Francisco Roig, as the pair have agreed to work together again next season.
The tennis professional required blood pressure checks while playing the initial match with Ann Li in Wuhan and stopped playing when losing 6-1 4-1 on a very muggy occasion.
She needed once more a doctor's assessment at the recent Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the opening round.
Her movement was far from freely in the final set in the match with Zhu due to the lower back problem that has been a concern during parts of the season.
These outcomes signaled a promising season, in which the player advanced into the top 30 globally after a long gap since her previous ranking, finished with a trio of defeats.
She held three match points prior to falling to American player Jessica Pegula in round three in last month's Beijing event.
Raducanu won 28 victories this year and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but her most impressive week was at March's Miami Open.
As Britain's top player reached the quarter-finals of this WTA 1000 tournament, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way before losing in three sets to the world number four Pegula.
She worked with trainer Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role ahead of the US Open.
The original arrangement with Rafael Nadal's former coach was until the end of the season but the collaboration persists, with planned training sessions for the end of the year.
The athlete revealed that a three-day test period with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.
She nearly succeeded to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their initial event as a team in August's Cincinnati tournament.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she made the third stage before being beaten by 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
