Emma Raducanu has sought to bring an end to the drama surrounding herself, Andy Murray and his mother Judy, after her withdrawal from the mixed doubles last week.
Raducanu played it safe after waking up with soreness in her wrist, pulling out of her commitment to playing with Murray as she focused on her own singles push.
Yet the 21-year-old’s tournament ended on Sunday in a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 loss to New Zealand qualifier Lulu Sun, a fourth-round defeat in which she was seen clutching both her ankle and back with one medical timeout called after a nasty slip in the deciding set on Centre Court.
Raducanu had faced some criticism over the weekend and initially appeared to draw the ire of Judy Murray, who later claimed she was being sarcastic when she sent social media into a spin on Saturday by describing her withdrawal as ‘astonishing’.
The former US Open champion was questioned about Murray’s post after her defeat to Sun and insisted that she had not even seen Murray’s statements, which had gone viral online.
‘I haven’t seen her reaction. So I don’t know.’ She said. When told that Murray had been sarcastic in her message, she added: ‘What was she sarcastic about?
Informed again of the make-up of the posts, Raducanu refused to take shots at the legendary tennis coach and replied: ‘I’m sure she didn’t mean it.’
