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The British tennis star Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her remaining competitions in 2025 as a result of a health issue that has affected her over the past 10 days.

The 22-year-old was scheduled to compete in events in Asia but has decided to fly home to rest and recuperate ahead of launching next year's training.

Her upcoming training will involve coach Francisco Roig, as they have decided to continue collaborating in 2026.

Raducanu had her blood pressure taken while playing the initial match with Ann Li in Wuhan last week and stopped playing when trailing 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.

She needed once more a visit from the doctor at the recent Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the first round.

Her movement was with clear difficulty in the third set against Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has troubled her during parts of the season.

These outcomes signaled a promising season, in which she climbed into the world's top 30 after a long gap for the first time since 2022, ended with three successive defeats.

Raducanu had three match points then was defeated by Jessica Pegula in round three in last month's Beijing event.

The player achieved twenty-eight matches during 2025 and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but her most impressive week was at March's Miami Open.

The British number one advanced to the quarters of the WTA 1000 event, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route prior to a loss in three sets to Pegula, ranked fourth.

Her coach was trainer Mark Petchey from the Miami event through Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in ahead of the US Open.

The first plan with the former trainer of Nadal was through the season's conclusion but they will keep working together, with a training block pencilled in for the end of the year.

She mentioned 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 defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in August's Cincinnati tournament.

Roig was also with Raducanu in the New York tournament, where she advanced to round three prior to losing to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.