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Topics: Tennis, Andy Murray, Emma Raducanu, Wimbledon
John McDougall
Andy Murray has broken his silence on the state of play between himself and Emma Raducanu after their row at last year's Wimbledon.
The 38-year-old multiple Grand Slam winner retired from tennis last year at the Paris 2024 Olympics following injury issues which blighted the tail end of his illustrious career.
Murray won three Grand Slam crowns in his career, with his maiden title coming with the US Open victory in 2012, and coming in an era where he regularly came up against Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
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He won two Wimbledon crowns in 2013 and 2016, while he also claimed two gold medals with Team GB at London 2012 and Rio 2016 in the men's singles.
Raducanu is currently British women's singles number one and, like Murray, is a Grand Slam winner too.
She became US Open champion in 2021 but is yet to make the final of another Grand Slam since, with her next best result after that being the fourth round of Wimbledon in both 2021 and 2024.
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At this year's Wimbledon, Raducanu reached the third round but lost to world number one Aryna Sabalenka, who subsequently went on to reach the semi-final stage.
During the 2024 Wimbledon tournament, Murray had to pull out of the men's singles due to suffering a back injury, and he had been due to partner Raducanu in the mixed doubles.
However, that did not come to pass as Raducanu had to withdraw due to a wrist problem, and it meant that Murray's final act at Wimbledon was to team up with his brother Jamie in the men's doubles.
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At the time, a disappointed Raducanu said: "I have decided to make the very tough decision to withdraw from the mixed doubles.
"I'm disappointed as I was really looking forward to playing with Andy but I've got to take care."
Murray was also said to be disappointed at the decision, with his mum Judy describing Raducanu's withdrawal as 'astonishing'.
However, Raducanu has since apologised to Murray for the decision and the retired three-time Grand Slam winner has now lifted the lid on their discussions and the air has been cleared between the pair.
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Speaking to The Times, Murray said: "We exchanged multiple messages since Wimbledon and things were fine after we cleared everything up. It was obviously a pretty emotional time for me and everyone around me, so it was hard but, like I said, I was really happy with the way that my career finished.
"I got to play my last match at Wimbledon with my brother. Emma’s not someone that beforehand we were communicating all the time or discussing ideas about her game and things like that, so that hasn't changed."