The 22-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu ends this year's campaign and plans to retain coach into the 2026 season.

Emma Raducanu in action during a tennis match

The British player made it to the third stage in three out of four Grand Slam events this year.

Britain's Emma Raducanu has pulled out of the last two tournaments in 2025 because of a health issue that has affected her in recent days.

The 22-year-old had planned to participate in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to rest and recuperate before starting next year's training.

Her upcoming training are set to feature trainer Francisco Roig, as the pair have decided to continue collaborating again next season.

She had her blood pressure taken while playing the initial match versus Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and stopped playing when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.

Another medical visit was necessary medical attention at the Ningbo Open this week, where she was defeated in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the opening round.

She was also playing with clear difficulty in the deciding set versus Zhu owing to back discomfort that has troubled her at times this year.

Such performances signaled a promising season, in which the player advanced into the world's top 30 for the first time in more than three years, ended with three successive defeats.

Raducanu had three match points then was defeated by Pegula in round three in Beijing last month.

Raducanu won twenty-eight matches this year and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but the highlight of her season was at the Miami Open in March.

Ranked first in Britain reached the quarter-finals of this WTA 1000 tournament, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route before losing in a three-set match to fourth-ranked Pegula.

She worked with Mark Petchey as coach between Miami and Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role in time for the US Open.

The first plan with the former trainer of Nadal was for the remainder of the year but they will keep working together, with a training session scheduled in the coming months.

The athlete revealed that the trial session with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as the meeting was kept under wraps.

The player was close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in Cincinnati in August.

Roig was also with Raducanu in the New York tournament, where she reached the third round then falling to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.

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