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Britain's Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the last two tournaments of the year as a result of the illness she has been battling for the last week and a half.

Raducanu, aged 22 had planned to participate in events in Asia but has decided to fly home to regain her health before starting next year's training.

These plans are set to feature trainer Francisco Roig, as both individuals have agreed to work together in 2026.

The tennis professional underwent blood pressure monitoring in her opening round against Ann Li in the Wuhan tournament and stopped playing when trailing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.

Another medical visit was necessary a visit from the doctor at the recent Ningbo Open, where she lost in three sets to local wildcard Zhu Lin in round one.

She was also playing noticeably restricted in the third set versus Zhu owing to back discomfort that has been a concern during parts of the season.

Those results followed a positive campaign, in which Raducanu rose into the international top 30 after a long gap for the first time since 2022, ended with three successive defeats.

The athlete was close to victory with three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in the third stage in Beijing last month.

Raducanu won 28 victories in the current season and advanced to the semis in Washington, but her standout performance was at the Miami Open in March.

As Britain's top player made the last eight of this WTA 1000 tournament, beating eighth seed Emma Navarro on the way prior to a loss in a three-set match to Pegula, ranked fourth.

Her coach was Mark Petchey between Miami and Wimbledon, with Roig taking over for the US Open.

The initial agreement with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was for the remainder of the year but they will keep working together, with a training block pencilled in late this year.

Raducanu told that the trial session with Roig post-Wimbledon was like a "black ops mission" as they aimed to maintain secrecy.

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

Roig joined her in the New York tournament, where she advanced to round three prior to losing to Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon winner.