Emma Raducanu ends this year's campaign and plans to retain trainer for 2026.
Emma Raducanu made it to the third stage in three out of four Grand Slam events in the current campaign.
Britain's Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her remaining competitions of the year due to a health issue that has affected her over the past 10 days.
The 22-year-old had planned to participate in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but opted to return home to rest and recuperate before starting next year's training.
Those preparations will include trainer Francisco Roig, as they will keep partnering for the upcoming season.
Raducanu had her blood pressure taken while playing the initial match versus Ann Li in Wuhan and withdrew when behind 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.
She needed once more medical attention at this week's Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin in the first round.
Raducanu was also moving noticeably restricted in the third set versus Zhu because of a lower back issue that has troubled her on several occasions in 2025.
These outcomes followed a positive campaign, in which Raducanu rose into the international top 30 after a long gap since her previous ranking, concluded with three straight losses.
The athlete was close to victory with three match points before losing to Pegula in the third stage in last month's Beijing event.
Raducanu won 28 victories during 2025 and made it to the semi-final round in the Washington tournament, but her most impressive week was at March's Miami Open.
As Britain's top player reached the quarter-finals of this WTA 1000 tournament, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way before losing in three sets to fourth-ranked Pegula.
She worked with Mark Petchey as coach from the Miami event through Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in for the US Open.
The first plan with Rafael Nadal's former coach was through the season's conclusion but they will keep working together, with a training block pencilled in in the coming months.
The athlete revealed that a three-day test period with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "black ops mission" as the meeting was kept under wraps.
She came very close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in Cincinnati in August.
Roig joined her in New York, where she advanced to round three before being beaten by 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
