British tennis star Emma Raducanu concludes her season and has decided to continue with her coach for 2026.
Emma Raducanu made it to the third stage in three Grand Slam tournaments major tournaments during the season.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu will not compete in her final two events in 2025 because of the illness she has been battling for the last week and a half.
At 22 years old was due to play in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but chose to travel back to rest and recuperate before starting next year's training.
Her upcoming training will include trainer Francisco Roig, as the pair have agreed to work together for the upcoming season.
Raducanu required blood pressure checks in her opening round with Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and stopped playing when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
Another medical visit was necessary a doctor's assessment at the recent Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in round one.
She was also playing with clear difficulty in the third set in the match with Zhu because of the lower back problem that has troubled her on several occasions in 2025.
Those results followed a positive campaign, in which Raducanu rose into the world's top 30 after a long gap since her previous ranking, concluded with three straight losses.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points before losing to Pegula in the third stage in last month's Beijing event.
Raducanu won 28 victories in the current season and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but the highlight of her season was at the Miami Open in March.
Ranked first in Britain made the last eight of a premier WTA event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro during the tournament then falling in three sets to the world number four Pegula.
She was coached by Mark Petchey between Miami and Wimbledon, with Roig taking over in time for the US Open.
The initial agreement with Rafael Nadal's former coach was through the season's conclusion but they will keep working together, with planned training sessions late this year.
Raducanu told that her three-day trial with Roig after 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 in August.
Roig was also with Raducanu in the New York tournament, where she made the third stage then falling to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
