British tennis star Emma Raducanu concludes this year's campaign and plans to retain her coach through next year.
Raducanu advanced to round three in three of the four Grand Slam events in the current campaign.
Britain's Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from her final two events of the year because of the illness that has affected her for the last week and a half.
The 22-year-old was scheduled to compete in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but chose to travel back to recover before starting plans for the 2026 season.
These plans are set to feature trainer Francisco Roig, as both individuals have decided to continue collaborating for the upcoming season.
The tennis professional underwent blood pressure monitoring during her first-round match versus Ann Li in Wuhan last week and retired when losing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She needed once more medical attention at the recent Ningbo Open, where she was defeated in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in round one.
Her movement was noticeably restricted in the final set against Zhu because of back discomfort that has affected her at times this year.
These outcomes followed a positive campaign, in which she climbed into the world's top 30 after more than three years since her previous ranking, finished with a trio of defeats.
She held three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in the third round in last month's Beijing event.
She secured 28 victories during 2025 and advanced to the semis in Washington, but her standout performance was at March's Miami Open.
Ranked first in Britain reached the quarter-finals of a premier WTA event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed during the tournament prior to a loss in a three-set match to Pegula, ranked fourth.
Her coach was Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role ahead of the US Open.
The initial agreement with the former trainer of Nadal was for the remainder of the year but the partnership will continue, with a training block pencilled in in the coming months.
The athlete revealed that the trial session alongside Roig after Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
The player was close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at their first tournament together in Cincinnati during August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she made the third stage then falling to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
