Emma Raducanu spoke about Judy Murray’s tweet. (Image: Wimbledon.)
Emma Raducanu has replied after Andy Murray’s mother, Judy, claimed that the 21-year-old’s decision to withdraw from Wimbledon mixed doubles was “astonishing”.
Raducanu pulled out on the day of what was set to be Andy’s farewell to SW19 and received immense backlash, but she believes that it was not Judy’s intention to cause any offence.
“I’m sure she didn’t mean it,” Raducanu said in her post-match press conference after exiting the singles competition to Lulu Sun the day after pulling out from competing with Andy.
Raducanu admitted that she hadn’t “seen her reaction” and when pressed on whether behind-the-scenes talks would be held she replied: “I don’t know.”
But the 2021 US Open champion doubled down on her decision to turn down the chance to play with Andy for his final appearance at Wimbledon.
“No, I mean, I think going into the tournament, I wasn’t expecting to make fourth round. So for me it was a no-brainer,” she explained. “I would have loved to have played.
“He didn’t ask me, If you’re still in the singles, are you going to play? That was never a question to be answered. Given how I woke up yesterday morning, it was for me a no-brainer.”
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