Emma Raducanu wraps up the current season and plans to retain her coach for 2026.
Emma Raducanu made it to the third stage in three of the four major tournaments in the current campaign.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from her remaining competitions this season as a result of the illness she has been battling over the past 10 days.
Raducanu, aged 22 was scheduled to compete in events in Asia but chose to travel back to regain her health before starting her preparations for 2026.
Her upcoming training will include trainer Francisco Roig, as both individuals will keep partnering in 2026.
She required blood pressure checks during her first-round match versus Ann Li in Wuhan and retired when losing 6-1 4-1 on a very muggy occasion.
She again required a doctor's assessment at the recent Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in round one.
She was also playing with clear difficulty in the third set versus Zhu because of back discomfort that has affected her at times this year.
Such performances meant an encouraging season, in which the player advanced into the international top 30 for the first time in more than three years, ended with three successive defeats.
Raducanu had three match points then was defeated by Pegula in the third stage in last month's Beijing event.
Raducanu won 28 victories this year and reached the semi-finals in the Washington tournament, but her most impressive week was at March's Miami Open.
Ranked first in Britain made the last eight of a premier WTA event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed during the tournament before losing in a three-set match to the world number four Pegula.
She worked with Mark Petchey as coach from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role for the US Open.
The initial agreement with Rafael Nadal's former coach was until the end of the season but they will keep working together, with a training session scheduled in the coming months.
Raducanu told that her three-day trial with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.
The player was close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at the first competition with Roig in Cincinnati during August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she advanced to round three then falling to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.
