🔗 Share this article The 22-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu concludes her season and plans to retain trainer for 2026. The British player advanced to round three in three Grand Slam tournaments major tournaments during the season. Britain's Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from her final two events this season due to a health issue that has affected her in recent days. The 22-year-old had planned to participate in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to regain her health before starting plans for the 2026 season. These plans are set to feature her coach Francisco Roig, as the pair have decided to continue collaborating in 2026. The tennis professional required blood pressure checks while playing the initial match with Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and stopped playing when behind 6-1 4-1 on a very muggy occasion. 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 the opening round. Her movement was far from freely in the final set versus Zhu due to back discomfort that has troubled her during parts of the season. Those results meant an encouraging season, in which she climbed into the top 30 globally for the first time for the first time since 2022, 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. She secured 28 victories during 2025 and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but her most impressive week was at the Miami Open in March. As Britain's top player reached the quarter-finals of a premier WTA event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way prior to a loss in three sets to fourth-ranked Pegula. She worked with 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 for the end of the year. Raducanu told that her three-day trial with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they tried to keep the meeting secret. She nearly succeeded to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in Cincinnati in August. Roig joined her in New York, where she reached the third round before being beaten by Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.