Raducanu and Murray could team up to inspire a new era in tennis believes former coach of legendary Brit

The next stage of Andy Murray's career looks set at the moment to be coaching. He admitted as much during his Wimbledon farewell but could it be Emma Raducanu? Mark Petchey who previously coached the former World No.1 believes it could be a 'dream team'.

Speaking to BoyleSports, Petchey knows from experience in both lanes of coaching and commentary and sees Murray as unlikely to head into the realm of media. He quotes Stefan Edberg as somebody who has great insight but doesn't want to do it.

Murray himself didn't seem keen on the idea when Sue Barker asked him at Wimbledon but is more looking forward to some time with his family for now then making his next decision. Albeit Raducanu might be partially far fetched.

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There was a lot of conjecture surrounding her decision to withdraw from the mixed doubles at Wimbledon and deny Murray a second farewell at the tournament which his mother Judy Murray wasn't too big of a fan of. Raducanu herself said at the time that she hadn't seen the tweets. But also replied just this week astonishing in reference to that replying to Frances Tiafoe about playing mixed.

So it could be a pipe dream. But also could set the blueprint for the kind of player that Murray wants to work with going forward into the next portion of his career. He retired only this week alongside Dan Evans in mixed doubles, but unlike Angelique Kerber for instance it wasn't sudden so his next stops can be mooted.

“Of course he could Emma [Raducanu]. If that option came up for Emma she would be mad not to take it. That would be the dream team in so many ways. He would be phenomenal," said Petchey to BoyleSports.

“One thing that I think Andy would be incredibly inspired to do is to coach. I don’t think he would want to go into the media. Not everybody loves it. Not everyone moves over to the dark side! Stefan Edberg for example is someone who would have incredible insight having worked with Federer. He just doesn’t want to do it.

“I would put Andy in that bracket. I would be very surprised if Andy ended up commentating or being a pundit. There might be the odd day here or there.

“But if there is one thing he would excel at, it is coaching. For someone like Andy it is the challenge of what to do next, the black hole you go into after stopping playing. You’ll never be better at something than he was at tennis. He has to find a substitute for 90% of his life. Being a coach and helping British kids would be number one on my list and we would be fortunate to have him.”

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