British tennis star Emma Raducanu concludes the current season and will keep coach into the 2026 season.
The British player reached the third round in three of the four major tournaments during the season.
Britain's Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her remaining competitions this season because of a health issue she has been fighting in recent days.
At 22 years old had planned to participate in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but opted to return home to regain her health before starting plans for the 2026 season.
These plans will include coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have decided to continue collaborating in 2026.
She underwent blood pressure monitoring in her opening round against Ann Li in Wuhan last week and retired when trailing 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.
She needed once more a doctor's assessment at the Ningbo Open this week, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the first round.
Her movement was far from freely in the final set against Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has affected her during parts of the season.
Those results meant an encouraging season, in which she climbed 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 prior to falling to American player Jessica Pegula in the third stage in Beijing last month.
Raducanu won 28 victories this year and advanced to the semis in Washington, but her most impressive week was at the Miami event in March.
As Britain's top player reached the quarter-finals of this WTA 1000 tournament, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed during the tournament before losing in three sets to fourth-ranked Pegula.
Her coach was Mark Petchey between Miami and Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role 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 a training block pencilled in for the end of the year.
The athlete revealed that the trial session with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
The player was close to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at the first competition with Roig in Cincinnati during August.
Roig joined her in the New York tournament, where she reached the third round prior to losing to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
