The 22-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu concludes this year's campaign and will keep trainer into the 2026 season.

Emma Raducanu in action during a tennis match

Emma Raducanu advanced to round three in three Grand Slam tournaments Grand Slam events during the season.

Emma Raducanu from Great Britain has pulled out of the last two tournaments of the year because of a health issue 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 opted to return home to recover ahead of launching next year's training.

These plans will include trainer Francisco Roig, as the pair will keep partnering in 2026.

She had her blood pressure taken while playing the initial match versus Ann Li in Wuhan and stopped playing when trailing 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.

Another medical visit was necessary medical attention at the Ningbo Open this week, where she was defeated in three sets to Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin in the opening round.

Her movement was far from freely in the deciding set versus Zhu due to the lower back problem that has been a concern on several occasions in 2025.

These outcomes meant an encouraging season, in which the player advanced into the world's top 30 for the first time in more than three years, ended with three successive defeats.

She held three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in the third round in last month's Beijing event.

The player achieved 28 victories this year and advanced to the semis in Washington, but the highlight of her season was at March's Miami Open.

As Britain's top player made the last eight of this WTA 1000 tournament, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way prior to a loss in three sets to fourth-ranked Pegula.

She worked with Mark Petchey as coach between Miami and Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role ahead of the US Open.

The initial agreement with Rafael Nadal's former coach was until the end of the season but the collaboration persists, with a training block pencilled in in the coming months.

The athlete revealed that a three-day test period with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as they tried to keep the meeting secret.

She came very close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at the first competition with Roig in August's Cincinnati tournament.

The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she made the third stage prior to losing to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.

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