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Britain's Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from her final two events of the year due to a medical condition she has been fighting for the last week and a half.

At 22 years old was scheduled to compete in tournaments in Tokyo and Hong Kong but has decided to fly home to recover prior to beginning her preparations for 2026.

These plans are set to feature coach Francisco Roig, as both individuals have agreed to work together again next season.

The tennis professional had her blood pressure taken in her opening round versus Ann Li in Wuhan last week and stopped playing when trailing 6-1 4-1 on an oppressively humid day.

Another medical visit was necessary a doctor's assessment at the recent Ningbo Open, where she was defeated in three sets to Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin in the opening round.

Raducanu was also moving noticeably restricted in the third set against Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has been a concern on several occasions in 2025.

Those results followed a positive campaign, in which the player advanced into the international top 30 after a long gap in more than three years, finished with a trio of defeats.

The athlete was close to victory with three match points prior to falling to Pegula in the third stage in last month's Beijing event.

The player achieved twenty-eight matches in the current season and advanced to the semis in Washington, but her standout performance was at March's Miami Open.

As Britain's top player reached the quarter-finals of this WTA 1000 tournament, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro en route then falling in three sets to fourth-ranked Pegula.

She was coached by Mark Petchey as coach from Miami until Wimbledon, with Roig taking over in time for the US Open.

The first plan with the former trainer of Nadal was until the end of the season but the collaboration persists, with planned training sessions in the coming months.

She mentioned that the trial session with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as the meeting was kept under wraps.

She came very close to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their initial event as a team in August's Cincinnati tournament.

Roig was also with Raducanu in New York, where she made the third stage then falling to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.