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Emma Raducanu has admitted she feared “bad blood” with Andy Murray after pulling out of Wimbledon in the mixed doubles.
The Scot was denied a final match at the All England Club last summer when Raducana withdrew ahead of their first-round contest, citing pain in her wrist.
Murray was understandably very disappointed and the anger overshadowed Raducanu’s run to the fourth round in singles, her best Grand Slam result since winning the US Open.
Raducanu lost her serve five times and made five double faults, but still showed enough courage during her victory against Amanda Anisimova
Therefore, the 22-year-old was especially happy that Murray also congratulated her after her Australian Open second round win against Amanda Anisimova on Thursdaywho set up a meeting with Iga Swiatek.
“I sent him a long message after that saying I’m actually apologizing if I caused problems, I guess, at Wimbledon, that’s definitely the last thing I want,” Raducanu said.
“He’s someone I grew up looking up to and I don’t want any bad blood or hard feelings with him. I sent him a long message and he took it really well and he responded saying he was disappointed but understood.
“We’re fine now. We pass each other and say, ‘hi’, ‘well done’. Obviously, it’s really cool to see him with Novak (Đoković) here too.”
Murray is now focused on training Novak Djokovic as the Serbian looks to win a record 25th Grand Slam title in Melbourne
While Murray’s focus is now off the court as he helps Novak Djokovic try to win more Grand Slam titles, Raducan is determined not to let outside negativity affect her.
She’s had to get used to a lot of buzz going around since her breakthrough in New York, and she said in her press conference after her 6-3 7-5 win over Anisimov: “I think this year I’m just approaching it holistically in terms of just being good people around you, a positive point of view.
“Anything that doesn’t necessarily serve me, I’m pretty wild about prioritizing and focusing. Anything that wants to try to influence that, I don’t have time for that. No hate. I just don’t want to kind of let it in.”
This was another strong display from Raducanu, who showed the intelligence to blunt the powerful weapon of Anisimova, one of her close friends on the tour.
There were, however, concerns over the state of Raducanu’s back, with the British No.2 calling for a trainer early in the second set after experiencing discomfort.
Her preparations for the new season were disrupted by a back spasm that forced her to withdraw from the Auckland tournament earlier this month.
Raducanu hopes she hasn’t made the problem worse, saying, “I haven’t fully explored it yet.
“I think that’s almost to be expected when you haven’t played a match for so long and then to have two really physical ones. I think there’s going to be little things here and there. I just hope so.
“I was able to push through some pain today, but I’m just going to try to recover as best I can over the next day.”
This is the first time Raducana has made it past the third round in Melbourne and she turned her head after some key points to show her mental strength.
“If Katie Boulter saw that, she might have a little chat,” he told Raducanu with a smile. “I think she’s the OG of it. We have a good relationship, so I’m sure I won’t mind using it in clutch moments. But I was just really hard.”
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