Emma Raducanu has avoided bad blood with former British partner Andy Murray after withdrawing from the mixed doubles event at the Wimbledon, last year.
Murray missed out on his farewell mixed doubles match at the All England Club after Raducanu pulled out due to “some stiffness” in her right wrist.
It meant that Murray made his last Wimbledon appearance earlier in the men’s doubles event alongside brother Jamie as he was not allowed to find a replacement after the draw was made.
Her mother Judy was astonished at Raducanu’s decision, she said in response to a post on X from television presenter Marcus Buckland: “Yes, astonishing.”
After a string of negative responses, she said: “Not sure anyone understands sarcasm these days. Pretty sure the scheduling… will have played a major part in any decision-making.”
Addressing the issue after her Australian Open 2025 win over Amanda Anisimova in the second round, the Brit said: “Afterwards I sent him (Andy Murray) a long message basically apologising if I caused any trouble, I guess, at Wimbledon, that’s definitely the last thing I want,” said Raducanu.
“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.”
Talking about their relationship now, she said, “We’re fine now,” added Raducanu. “We walk past each other and say, ‘hello’, ‘well done’. It’s obviously really cool seeing him with Novak (Djokovic) here as well.”