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Britain's Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her remaining competitions this season because of the illness she has been battling in recent days.

Raducanu, aged 22 was scheduled to compete in Tokyo and Hong Kong but chose to travel back to recover ahead of launching next year's training.

Those preparations are set to feature coach Francisco Roig, as they will keep partnering for the upcoming season.

The tennis professional underwent blood pressure monitoring while playing the initial match against Ann Li in Wuhan and retired when losing 6-1 4-1 on a day with extreme humidity.

She again required a visit from the doctor at the recent Ningbo Open, where she fell in a three-set match to Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin in round one.

She was also playing noticeably restricted in the final set against Zhu because of back discomfort that has been a concern during parts of the season.

Those results signaled a promising season, in which the player advanced into the top 30 globally for the first time since her previous ranking, finished with a trio of defeats.

Raducanu had three match points before losing to Jessica Pegula in round three in Beijing last month.

Raducanu won 28 matches in the current season and advanced to the semis in Washington, but the highlight of her season was at the Miami Open in March.

As Britain's top player reached the quarter-finals of this WTA 1000 tournament, defeating eighth seed Emma Navarro during the tournament before losing in three sets to the world number four Pegula.

Her coach was Mark Petchey as coach from the Miami event through Wimbledon, with Roig assuming the role for the US Open.

The first plan with the ex-coach of Rafael Nadal was through the season's conclusion but the partnership will continue, with planned training sessions late this year.

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

She nearly succeeded to beating world number one Aryna Sabalenka at their first tournament together in August's Cincinnati tournament.

Roig was also with Raducanu in the New York tournament, where she reached the third round prior to losing to Rybakina, champion at Wimbledon in 2022.