British tennis star Emma Raducanu ends the current season and has decided to continue with her coach into the 2026 season.
Raducanu advanced to round three in three out of four Grand Slams in the current campaign.
Emma Raducanu from Great Britain has withdrawn from her remaining competitions of the year as a result of a health issue she has been battling in recent days.
Raducanu, aged 22 was scheduled to compete in Tokyo and Hong Kong but opted to return home to regain her health before starting her preparations for 2026.
Her upcoming training will include her coach Francisco Roig, as they will keep partnering again next season.
Raducanu had her blood pressure taken in her opening round against Ann Li in Wuhan and stopped playing when trailing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She again required a visit from the doctor at the Ningbo Open this week, where she was defeated in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in round one.
She was also playing far from freely in the third set versus Zhu because of back discomfort that has affected her during parts of the season.
These outcomes meant an encouraging season, in which the player advanced into the top 30 globally for the first time in more than three years, concluded with three straight losses.
She held three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in the third stage in last month's Beijing event.
She secured 28 victories this year and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but her standout performance was at the Miami event in March.
The British number one made the last eight of the WTA 1000 event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed during the tournament then falling in three sets to Pegula, ranked fourth.
She was coached by Mark Petchey as coach from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig taking over for the US Open.
The original arrangement with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was through the season's conclusion but the partnership will continue, with a training session scheduled for the end of the year.
The athlete revealed that her three-day trial alongside Roig after Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" 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 Cincinnati in August.
Roig joined her in New York, where she advanced to round three then falling to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.