British tennis star Emma Raducanu wraps up the current season and has decided to continue with coach for 2026.
The British player reached the third round in three out of four Grand Slam events during the season.
Emma Raducanu from Great Britain will not compete in the last two tournaments this season because of a health issue she has been battling for the last week and a half.
Raducanu, aged 22 was due to play in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to rest and recuperate ahead of launching her preparations for 2026.
These plans will include coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have decided to continue collaborating in 2026.
Raducanu required blood pressure checks during her first-round match against Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and retired when trailing 6-1 4-1 on a very muggy occasion.
She needed once more a doctor's assessment at the recent Ningbo Open, where she fell in a three-set match to local wildcard Zhu Lin in round one.
Raducanu was also moving with clear difficulty in the final set against Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has affected her at times this year.
These outcomes signaled a promising season, in which she climbed into the top 30 globally after more than three years for the first time since 2022, concluded with three straight losses.
She held three match points before losing to Pegula in the third round in Beijing last month.
Raducanu won twenty-eight matches during 2025 and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but her standout performance was at the Miami Open in March.
As Britain's top player made the last eight of a premier WTA event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way prior to a loss in three sets to Pegula, ranked fourth.
She was coached by trainer Mark Petchey from the Miami event through Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role in time for the US Open.
The original arrangement with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was until the end of the season but they will keep working together, with planned training sessions late this year.
She mentioned that the trial session with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.
She came very close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at the first competition with Roig in Cincinnati in August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in New York, where she reached the third round prior to losing to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.
