British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends the current season and has decided to continue with her coach for 2026.
Raducanu advanced to round three in three out of four major tournaments during the season.
Britain's Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from her remaining competitions this season due to the illness she has been battling for the last week and a half.
At 22 years old was due to play in events in Asia but chose to travel back to regain her health before starting plans for the 2026 season.
These plans are set to feature her coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have agreed to work together in 2026.
She required blood pressure checks during her first-round match versus Ann Li in Wuhan last week and stopped playing when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She again required medical attention at the recent Ningbo Open, where she fell in a three-set match to Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin in the opening round.
She was also playing noticeably restricted in the third set in the match with Zhu owing to the lower back problem that has troubled her during parts of the season.
Those results meant an encouraging season, in which Raducanu rose into the international top 30 for the first time in more than three years, finished with a trio of defeats.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points prior to falling to Pegula in the third round in Beijing last month.
She secured 28 victories during 2025 and made it to the semi-final round in Washington, but her standout performance was at the Miami Open in March.
Ranked first in Britain reached the quarter-finals of a premier WTA event, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way before losing in a three-set match to Pegula, ranked fourth.
She worked with Mark Petchey as coach between Miami and Wimbledon, with Roig taking over ahead of the US Open.
The initial agreement with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was for the remainder of the year but the collaboration persists, with a training block pencilled in for the end of the year.
She mentioned that a three-day test period with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
The player was close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in August's Cincinnati tournament.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she advanced to round three prior to losing to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
