Andy Murray is thrilled to partner with Emma Raducanu in the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles, a plan years in the making since their 2020 Battle of the Brits event. Murray revealed they discussed teaming up during the Covid year, but both excelled in singles, delaying their partnership.
“We’d spoken about it a few years ago during the Covid year, but obviously both of us ended up doing quite well in singles so it didn’t happen,” Murray said.
The opportunity arose again recently. “Yesterday I was chatting to my team, they were discussing mixed, and then last night I messaged her coach. I asked her and she said yeah she’d be up for it.”
Murray is eager for the experience, recalling his enjoyment in previous mixed doubles, especially with Serena Williams. “To get a chance to do it with Emma, well it’s my last chance to do it, so it should be good.”
Raducanu was Murray’s top choice when he decided to add mixed doubles to his men’s doubles with his brother Jamie. “Playing with another Brit was going to be something that would be nice, and she’s obviously one of the top British players and she would have been top of the list.”
“Should be a brilliant atmosphere” 🤩
Andy Murray on teaming up with Emma Raducanu in a superstar mixed doubles partnership as part of his Wimbledon farewell 🎾⤵️#BBCTennis #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/5n7W131frO
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) July 3, 2024
Their collaboration promises to be competitive and a unique opportunity to showcase British talent on the iconic Wimbledon stage.
Andy Murray in 2024
LWLLLLWLWW 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 .
Currently, during this season the Brit owns a 7-13 record.
Raducanu in Wimbledon, ranking, and results in 2024
WWWLWWLWWL Currently the world no.135, the Brit has achieved a composed 15-9 win-loss record in 2024. Raducanu is now having a run in Wimbledon where she defeated the world no.98 Renata Zarazua 7-6(0) 6-3, the world no.33 Elise Mertens 6-1 6-2 and the world no.9 Maria Sakkari .
Emma Raducanu will take on the world no.48 Viktoriya Tomova in the final. Their actual record is 1-0 for Tomova.
