As Andy Murray nears the conclusion of his career, Emma Raducanu has disclosed the extent of his influence on her emerging career.
Murray’s first-round match against Tomas Machac is planned for Tuesday on Centre Court, but he has yet to decide if he will compete in the Wimbledon singles. In addition, the three-time major champion has assured to play doubles with his brother Jamie.
Raducanu acknowledged that seeing the tennis legend up close had improved her competition preparation, demonstrating how much of an impact Murray is already having on the next generation.
Raducanu expressed her remarks about Murray in a recent interview and said: “The biggest standout thing for me was when he lost in the final here at Wimbledon and came back a month later and won the Olympics. To get through 6 really difficult rounds and then lose in the final.. then to play a month later and be in the final again. Your mind without you realizing runs Deja vu scenarios. like ‘ok I made it to the final.’ It’s very difficult to shut that out. Which is in a way why I’m very grateful I won the US Open. Because to make the final and not win it, you’ll always kind of have in the back of your head ‘Will I ever get it?’ For me, I have it now. I’m just loving life I guess.”
She further added: “I think the biggest advice is how he’s taking care of his operations, how he manages his people. I haven’t really spoken to him so much. But for me, it’s just like watching him operate day to day. watching him be absolutely on it with everything. Even in practice how he’s so on it to the minute. When I was a bit younger maybe and showed up 15 minutes before practice to do a few arm circles swing my arm around and warm up. He’s there like an hour and a half doing treatment, the full thing. He just sets really good examples.”
Raducanu in Wimbledon, ranking, and results in 2024
Currently ranked no.
135, Raducanu owns an overall 14-9 match record in 2024. The Brit is currently having a run in Wimbledon where she defeated the world no.98 Renata Zarazua 7-60 6-3.Emma Raducanu will compete against the world no.33 Elise Mertens in the 2nd round. In the past, they have never competed against each other till now in top competitions.
Andy Murray in 2024
Currently the world no.113, Andy played his last match on the 19th of June when he had to retire when playing against world no.40 Jordan Thompson in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 4-1 .
This season Andy has achieved a composed 7-13 win-loss record.
Andy Murray will square off with the world no.39 Tomas Machac in the 1st round on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on Centre Court. Their head to head is 2-0 for Machac.
The Brit 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)