Andy Murray is not surprised by the rise of Emma Raducanu, even if he probably didn’t expect it to be so sudden. The former world number 1 has known Emma for many years. Raducano used to be coached by Andy Murray’s father-in-law Nigel Sears.
Andy and Emma have also shared the practice court on one occasion, and they competed against each other in mixed doubles in the so-called Battle of the Brits that was staged last year.
During a recent interview, Andy explained why he was so impressed by Emma
“It was incredible what she did there. I think for a lot of the people involved in British tennis, we knew she was extremely good.
She hadn’t competed much for the last sort of 18 months or so with school and coronavirus and those sorts of things, but I think at Wimbledon everyone sort of got a bit of a glimpse of how good she could be.
I’ve spent a little bit of time around her on the practice court, but more so in the same building, training close to each other, and watching what she’s doing, and she’s obviously really, really good.
But what she did in New York was very special, a huge boost for British tennis and gives, hopefully, the governing bodies an opportunity to capitalize on that and get more and more kids involved in the sport. It’s great what she did and a huge opportunity for British tennis now.”
Emma Raducanu in 2021
Currently ranked no.23 (career-high), Emma played her last match on the 11th of September when she beat world no.28 Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 6-3
in the final in U.S. Open to win her 1st career title.This year Emma owns a composed 23-6 match record. Raducanu conquered 1 title at the U.S. Open. Raducanu was the runner-up in Chicago.
Murray in the Rennes Challenger, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.116, Murray has a composed 11-8 win-loss record in 2021. Murray is competing in the Rennes Challenger where he conquered Yannick Maden 6-3 6-1.
Andy got to the final in the Biella 1 Challenger.
Murray won 46 titles in his career: 20 on hard courts, 3 on clay courts, 14 on indoor courts, 1 on carpet courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray |
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