Andy Murray will play mixed doubles with Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon 2024, the All England Club have confirmed. Murray is not featuring in the men’s singles after he failed to recover in time from surgery on a spinal cyst – pulling out of Tuesday’s match against Tomas Machac – a huge blow to the fans who wanted to see him one last time before retirement . The 37-year-old British hero, a two-time Wimbledon champion, is still due to play in the men’s doubles, though, alongside his brother Jamie Murray.
The Murray brothers face John Peers and Rinky Hijikata on either Thursday or Friday in what could be one of the former world No.1’s last-ever matches in SW19. Fans will now get a second chance to give Murray a send-off at this year’s Championships with the three-time major winner signing up for mixed doubles with fellow British star Raducanu after the pair were handed a wildcard.
The mixed doubles competition gets underway on Friday, July 5 at the All England Club two days after Raducanu plays her second-round singles match on Wednesday, with the 2021 US Open champion facing Elise Mertens on Court No.1. Murray has played in the Wimbledon mixed doubles just once before, when he teamed up with Serena Williams to reach the third round five years ago.
Andy Murray, in an exclusive interview with Metro.co.uk , spoke highly about Emma Raducanu this week, singling out her recent win over Jessica Pegula .
‘Emma has played pretty well on the grass – her win against Jessica.