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Britain's Emma Raducanu will not compete in the last two tournaments this season due to a health issue that has affected her over the past 10 days.

Raducanu, aged 22 was due to play in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to recover before starting next year's training.

Her upcoming training will involve coach Francisco Roig, as the pair have agreed to work together for the upcoming season.

She had her blood pressure taken in her opening round against Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and stopped playing when trailing 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.

She again required medical attention at this week's Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in the first round.

She was also playing with clear difficulty in the deciding set in the match with Zhu due to back discomfort that has been a concern at times this year.

Such performances meant an encouraging season, in which she climbed into the world's top 30 after more than three years in more than three years, finished with a trio of defeats.

The athlete was close to victory with three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in round three in last month's Beijing event.

Raducanu won twenty-eight matches during 2025 and made it to the semi-final round in Washington, but her standout performance was at the Miami Open in March.

Ranked first in Britain made the last eight of this WTA 1000 tournament, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route before losing in three sets to the world number four Pegula.

She was coached by Mark Petchey between Miami and Wimbledon, with Francisco Roig stepping in in time for the US Open.

The first plan with Rafael Nadal's former coach was for the remainder of the year but the collaboration persists, with a training block pencilled in late this year.

The athlete revealed that the trial session with Roig after Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.

The player was close to overcoming Sabalenka, the world number one at their first tournament together in Cincinnati during August.

Roig joined her in the New York tournament, where she reached the third round prior to losing to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.