The 22-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu wraps up her season and has decided to continue with her coach for 2026.
Raducanu reached the third round in three of the four major tournaments this year.
The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her remaining competitions of the year due to a medical condition that has affected her in recent days.
The 22-year-old had planned to participate in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but opted to return home to regain her health prior to beginning next year's training.
Her upcoming training will include coach Francisco Roig, as they have agreed to work together again next season.
Raducanu had her blood pressure taken while playing the initial match against Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and withdrew when behind 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.
Another medical visit was necessary medical attention at the Ningbo Open this week, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in round one.
She was also playing noticeably restricted in the final set against Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has been a concern on several occasions in 2025.
Such performances signaled a promising season, in which she climbed into the top 30 globally after more than three years in more than three years, concluded with three straight losses.
Raducanu had three match points before losing to Pegula in the third stage in the Beijing tournament last month.
Raducanu won 28 victories during 2025 and advanced to the semis in Washington, but her most impressive week was at the Miami Open in March.
The British number one advanced to the quarters of the WTA 1000 event, overcoming Emma Navarro, the eighth seed on the way before losing in three sets to fourth-ranked Pegula.
She was coached by trainer Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig taking over in time for the US Open.
The original arrangement with the former trainer of Nadal was through the season's conclusion 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 "secret mission" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
The player was close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at their initial event as a team in Cincinnati during August.
The coach also accompanied Raducanu in the New York tournament, where she reached the third round then falling to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.
