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Britain's Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her final two events in 2025 because of the illness she has been fighting for the last week and a half.

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

Those preparations will include her coach Francisco Roig, as they have decided to continue collaborating in 2026.

She underwent blood pressure monitoring in her opening round with Ann Li in Wuhan last week and stopped playing when losing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.

She needed once more a doctor's assessment at the Ningbo Open this week, where she was defeated in three sets to Zhu Lin, a Chinese wildcard in the opening round.

Raducanu was also moving noticeably restricted in the final set versus Zhu owing to a lower back issue that has been a concern during parts of the season.

Those results followed a positive campaign, in which the player advanced into the top 30 globally after more than three years for the first time since 2022, ended with three successive defeats.

She held three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in the third round in Beijing last month.

The player achieved 28 matches in the current season and reached the semi-finals in Washington, but the highlight of her season was at the Miami event in March.

The British number one 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 worked with Mark Petchey as coach between Miami and Wimbledon, with Roig taking over for the US Open.

The initial agreement with the former trainer of Nadal was until the end of the season but they will keep working together, with planned training sessions late this year.

The athlete revealed that a three-day test period with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "secret mission" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.

She nearly succeeded to defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in Cincinnati in August.

Roig joined her in the New York tournament, where she made the third stage before being beaten by 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.