The 22-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu wraps up this year's campaign and plans to retain trainer into the 2026 season.
Emma Raducanu advanced to round three in three of the four major tournaments this year.
Britain's Emma Raducanu will not compete in her final two events in 2025 as a result of the illness that has affected her for the last week and a half.
Raducanu, aged 22 had planned to participate in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but chose to travel back to recover prior to beginning her preparations for 2026.
These plans will involve coach Francisco Roig, as they have decided to continue collaborating for the upcoming season.
Raducanu had her blood pressure taken in her opening round with Ann Li in Wuhan and withdrew when losing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She needed once more medical attention at this week's Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the opening round.
Raducanu was also moving with clear difficulty in the final set against Zhu because of the lower back problem that has troubled her at times this year.
Such performances followed a positive campaign, in which the player advanced into the international top 30 after a long gap 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.
Raducanu won 28 matches this year and advanced to the semis in Washington, but the highlight of her season was at the Miami event in March.
Ranked first in Britain advanced to the quarters of this WTA 1000 tournament, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route prior to a loss in a three-set match to fourth-ranked Pegula.
Her coach was Mark Petchey as coach between Miami and Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role in time 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 late this year.
Raducanu told that a three-day test period with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.
She came very close to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in Cincinnati during August.
Roig was also with Raducanu in New York, where she advanced to round three before being beaten by Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
