Emma Raducanu was forced to retire from her first round match at the Wuhan Open.
The former US Open champion appeared fatigued during her clash with Ann Li on Tuesday.
Raducanu was trailing 6-1, 4-1 when she called for a medical timeout in the second set.
Medical staff, including a physio and tournament doctor, could then be seen treating the 22-year-old courtside.
However, after checking Raducanu’s pulse and blood pressure, the match ended with the Brit’s retirement.
American Li will now face ninth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round.
The worrying scenes involving Raducanu follow soaring temperatures at the event in China.
Play was suspended across all outdoor courts earlier this week after temperatures reached 34 degrees in Wuhan.
Elsewhere, the Shanghai Masters has seen players endure 30-degree heat and 80 per cent humidity.
The ‘brutal’ conditions saw Novak Djokovic vomit twice during his third round win on Sunday.
However, Jannik Sinner was unable to come through his last 32 match, retiring due to cramp having been left struggling to walk.
When is Raducanu playing next?
It is unclear whether Raducanu will play as scheduled at next week’s Ningbo Open.
Raducanu retired from her first round match at the Wuhan Open after appearing fatiguedX / @SkySportsTennisThe world number 30 is amongst the entrants for the WTA 500 event, which gets underway on Monday.
She is also in the field for the Pan-Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan the following week.
Those tournaments could represent Raducanu’s final events of the 2025 season.
Entries have not yet been confirmed for the trio of WTA 250 events taking place during the week commencing October 27.
Meanwhile, the British number one is unlikely to qualify for November’s WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Raducanu’s retirement in Wuhan is also a potential blow to her hopes of being seeded at the Australian Open.
Raducanu has entered next week’s Ningbo Open as she looks to secure a seeding for the Australian OpenGettyThe first Grand Slam of 2026 is set to get underway in Melbourne on January 12.
A total of 32 players will be seeded, with those berths determined by the WTA rankings.
Raducanu has not been amongst the seeds at the event since her debut in 2022.
However, she did achieve her best result at the Australian Open earlier this year with a run to the third round.
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