Raducanu reached out to avoid ‘bad blood’ with Murray over withdrawal
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Emma Raducanu says she sent Andy Murray a long conciliatory message in the aftermath of her withdrawal from their scheduled mixed doubles match at Wimbledon last year to ensure that there was no bad blood between them and she believes that they are on good terms now.
“Afterwards I sent him a long message, basically: ‘If I caused any trouble I guess at Wimbledon, that’s definitely the last thing I want,’” Raducanu said after her second round victory over Amanda Anisimova at the Australian Open. “He’s someone that I’ve grown up looking up to and I don’t want any bad blood or harsh feelings with him.
“I sent him a long message and he took it really well and responded saying he was disappointed but he understood. We’re fine now. We walk past each other and say ‘hello’, ‘well done’. It’s obviously really cool seeing him with Novak [Djokovic] here as well. Two great champions and they’re just together, it’s pretty awesome.”.
Hours before their scheduled mixed doubles match at Wimbledon last year, Raducanu withdrew to focus on her singles campaign after waking up feeling stiffness in her right wrist ahead of her scheduled fourth round match against Lulu Sun, which she eventually lost 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.
Raducanu’s withdrawal effectively ended Murray’s grand slam career and it became a significant discussion point during the tournament. The situation gained further attention when Judy Murray, Andy’s mother, responded to the subject on social media by calling it “astonishing”.
