British tennis star Emma Raducanu wraps up the current season and will keep trainer into the 2026 season.
Emma Raducanu reached the third round in three out of four Grand Slams in the current campaign.
Britain's Emma Raducanu has pulled out of the last two tournaments in 2025 as a result of a health issue that has affected her over the past 10 days.
Raducanu, aged 22 had planned to participate in events in Asia but has decided to fly home to recover ahead of launching next year's training.
These plans are set to feature trainer Francisco Roig, as the pair have agreed to work together for the upcoming season.
The tennis professional underwent blood pressure monitoring while playing the initial match against Ann Li in Wuhan last week and retired when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She needed once more a visit from the doctor at this week's Ningbo Open, where she was defeated in three sets to Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin in the opening round.
Her movement was noticeably restricted in the deciding set against Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has been a concern during parts of the season.
Such performances meant an encouraging season, in which the player advanced into the international top 30 after more than three years for the first time since 2022, concluded with three straight losses.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points before losing to Pegula in round three in the Beijing tournament last month.
The player achieved 28 victories in the current season and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but her standout performance was at the Miami Open in March.
The British number one advanced to the quarters of this WTA 1000 tournament, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed during the tournament before losing in three sets to the world number four Pegula.
She was coached by trainer Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role for the US Open.
The initial agreement with the former trainer of Nadal was through the season's conclusion but the partnership will continue, with a training session scheduled for the end of the year.
She mentioned that her three-day trial alongside Roig after Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
She came very close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at their initial event as a team in Cincinnati in August.
Roig was also with Raducanu in New York, where she made the third stage prior to losing to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.
