Emma Raducanu required a doctor’s attention for the second time in a Chinese match on Tuesday as the British hope made a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 exit from the WTA event in Ningbo.

A week after quitting her opening match in Wuhan with dizziness, Raducanu was treated on court for illness.

The No. 29 eventually lost to China’s Zhu Lin after winning the opening set but asking for the doctor seven games into the second set.

Raducanu had her vital signs checked at her chair and returned to the battle only to lose the second and call for another time out in the third set, where she received a back massage.   

Half-Chinese Raducanu had been hoping for a stronger autumn showing her mother’s homeland during the WTA Asian swing. But her best showing from four events was a Beijing third round and a loss to Jessica Pegula.

Emma Raducanu has handed WTA tournament organisers another in a long series of disappointments, with the fading former Grand Slam champion withdrawing on Tuesday from the Hong Kong Open.

The pullout from next week’s event in the SAR marks the fifth no-show for the British No. 55 this autumn.

Raducanu, who won the 2021 US Open and has since fallen flat with injuries and seemingly endless coaching changes, looks to have all but ended her season.

She is joined on the sidelines in Hong Kong by fellow injury victim and former Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka.

Raducanu has not played in well over a month, quitting mid-match with a September foot injury in South Korea and still troubled by various physical problems

She has pulled out of Chinese events in Beijing, Wuhan, Ningbo and  Guangzhou.

Raducanu is replaced in the HKG draw by American Sofia Kenin.

Treble Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur on Saturday completed a breakthrough WTA title in Asia as she defeated Diana Schnaider 6-2, 6-1 Ningbo.

The Tunisian ranked seventh in the world added a second trophy this season to her resume after winning last spring in Charleston.

Jabeur, who has lost the last two Wimbledon finals and went down in the US Open title match last season, now owns five career trophies – including her first on hardcourt earned here .

She won the final at the Chinese city halfway between Hong Kong and Beijing by defeating Shnaider, who was playing her first WTA final, in 78 minutes.

Jabeur made the right choice after taking a late wild card into the tournament as the WTA returned to Asia for the first time since the pandemic and the former player Peng Shuai’s mystery disappearance.

Jabeur came good as she played her fourth hardcourt final after going down to defeat in Moscow, Chicago and New York.

Jabeur, aged 29 to the 19 of former university tennis player Schnaider. ended with 18 winners to 10 unforced errors, saving all three break points she faced. 

Main photo:- Ons Jabeur with Ningbo Trophy – by WTA