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Emma Raducanu from Great Britain has withdrawn from her remaining competitions in 2025 because of the illness that has affected her over the past 10 days.

Raducanu, aged 22 had planned to participate in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to recover before starting plans for the 2026 season.

Those preparations will involve trainer Francisco Roig, as both individuals will keep partnering in 2026.

The tennis professional had her blood pressure taken while playing the initial match versus Ann Li in Wuhan and stopped playing when behind 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.

Another medical visit was necessary a doctor's assessment at the Ningbo Open this week, where she lost in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the first round.

Raducanu was also moving noticeably restricted in the deciding set in the match with Zhu because of the lower back problem that has affected her during parts of the season.

These outcomes meant an encouraging season, in which the player advanced into the world's top 30 after a long gap since her previous ranking, finished with a trio of defeats.

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

The player achieved 28 matches during 2025 and reached the semi-finals in the Washington tournament, but her standout performance was at the Miami event in March.

Ranked first in Britain reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 event, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route prior to a loss in three sets to the world number four Pegula.

Her coach was Mark Petchey from Miami until Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in in time for the US Open.

The initial agreement with Rafael Nadal's former coach was until the end of the season but the collaboration persists, with a training block pencilled in late this year.

The athlete revealed that the trial session alongside Roig after Wimbledon was like a "covert operation" as the meeting was kept under wraps.

She came very close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at the first competition with Roig in Cincinnati in August.

Roig joined her in New York, where she reached the third round then falling to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.