Andy Murray didn’t like the comments from Piers Morgan about Emma Raducanu’s retirement. The 18-year-old was forced to withdraw while she was losing to Ajla Tomljanovic in the Wimbledon fourth round because of breathing issues.
The controversial Brit was extremely harsh in one of his tweets, saying that it was a shame that Emma decided to retire because she could not handle the situation.
Morgan was unhappy with the criticism that hit John McEnroe when the American said that it has to be understood why some players cannot handle pressure.
What Mc Enroe said
John commented:
“I feel bad for Emma, obviously. It appears it just got a little bit too much, as is understandable, particularly with what we’ve been talking about this over the last six weeks with Osaka not even here.
How much can players handle? It makes you look at the guys that have been around and the girls for so long – how well they can handle it. Hopefully, she’ll learn from this experience.”
What Morgan said
Morgan tweeted: “McEnroe told the truth. Ms Raducuna’s a talented player but couldn’t handle the pressure & quit when she was losing badly. Not ‘brave’, just a shame. If I were her, I’d tell my fans to stop abusing McEnroe, & seek his advice on how to toughen up & become a champion like he was.”
Andy Murray replied: Think this is a very harsh take on the situation Piers I think some of what he [McEnroe] said was fair. However the timing of it was a bit off considering nobody had any clue what her issue was injury/illness/breathings issues etc at the time of his comments.”
Andy Murray in 2021
Ranked no.118, the Brit played his last match on the 2nd of July when he lost to world no.12 Denis Shapovalov 6-4 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round of the Wimbledon (draw).
At the moment, during this season Murray has achieved a 8-5 record. Andy Murray’s best result of this season was getting to the final in the Biella 1 Challenger.
Emma Raducanu in 2021
Ranked world no.338, the Brit played her last match on the 5th of July when she had to retire when playing against world no.75 Ajla Tomljanovic in the 4th round and the scoreline was 6-4 3-0 .
Currently, during this year Emma owns an overall 5-3 record.
Andy Murray takes the side of Emma Raducanu