The 22-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu concludes the current season and plans to retain trainer into the 2026 season.

Emma Raducanu in action during a tennis match

The British player advanced to round three in three of the four Grand Slams during the season.

Emma Raducanu from Great Britain has withdrawn from her remaining competitions of the year because of the illness that has affected her in recent days.

The 22-year-old had planned to participate in Tokyo and Hong Kong but opted to return home to rest and recuperate ahead of launching next year's training.

Her upcoming training will involve trainer Francisco Roig, as the pair have agreed to work together for the upcoming season.

Raducanu required blood pressure checks in her opening round versus Ann Li in Wuhan and stopped playing when losing 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.

Another medical visit was necessary a visit from the doctor at the recent Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in the opening round.

She was also playing noticeably restricted in the final set against Zhu due to a lower back issue that has affected her on several occasions in 2025.

Such performances meant an encouraging season, in which the player advanced into the top 30 globally after more than three years in more than three years, concluded with three straight losses.

The athlete was close to victory with three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in the third stage in last month's Beijing event.

Raducanu won twenty-eight matches during 2025 and made it to the semi-final round in the Washington tournament, but the highlight of her season was at March's Miami Open.

As Britain's top player advanced to the quarters of this WTA 1000 tournament, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro during the tournament prior to a loss in a three-set match to the world number four Pegula.

She was coached by trainer Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig taking over for the US Open.

The first plan with the former trainer of Nadal was for the remainder of the year but the collaboration persists, with a training session scheduled in the coming months.

She mentioned that her three-day trial with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "black ops mission" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.

The player was close to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at their initial event as a team in August's Cincinnati tournament.

The coach also accompanied Raducanu in the New York tournament, where she made the third stage prior to losing to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.

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