British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends this year's campaign and has decided to continue with her coach for 2026.
Raducanu reached the third round in three of the four Grand Slams in the current campaign.
Britain's Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from her remaining competitions this season due to the illness she has been fighting for the last week and a half.
Raducanu, aged 22 was scheduled to compete in Tokyo and Hong Kong but chose to travel back to regain her health before starting her preparations for 2026.
Her upcoming training will involve trainer Francisco Roig, as they have decided to continue collaborating again next season.
She underwent blood pressure monitoring in her opening round against Ann Li in Wuhan and stopped playing when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
Another medical visit was necessary a visit from the doctor at this week's Ningbo Open, where she fell in a three-set match to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the first round.
Her movement was noticeably restricted in the deciding set in the match with 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 international top 30 for the first time for the first time since 2022, finished with a trio of defeats.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points prior to falling to Jessica Pegula in the third stage in Beijing last month.
Raducanu won 28 matches this year and advanced to the semis in the Washington tournament, but her standout performance was at the Miami Open in March.
Ranked first in Britain advanced to the quarters of this WTA 1000 tournament, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route before losing in three sets to fourth-ranked Pegula.
Her coach was trainer Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig taking over in time for the US Open.
The first plan with the former trainer of Nadal was until the end of the season but they will keep working together, with planned training sessions in the coming months.
She mentioned that her three-day trial with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
She came very close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at their first tournament together in Cincinnati during August.
Roig was also with Raducanu in New York, where she advanced to round three before being beaten by Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.
