Raducanu described as being ‘lucky’ to have Murray influence by fellow Brit

Emma Raducanu has been described as lucky to have Andy Murray influence by British player Jay Clarke as he's a really good role model and inspiration.

British number Jay Clarke grew up watching Murray and he was always somebody he could turn to when he was looking for inspiration and guidance. It's the same for any other British player and Clarke understands how pivotal that experience is for Raducanu. He explained:

“Andy Murray’s been such a massive part of British tennis. Not only for me, but also Emma Raducanu, Liam Broady and all, you know, someone that you can look up to that isn’t actually that much older who’s done it.”

He continued:

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“He’s been to the pinnacle of the sport, winning Wimbledon, you know, winning the US Open, winning Wimbledon again, being World No 1, winning the Olympics. Like his achievements are so amazing. So the fact that we have someone that we can contact of that level, it’s really lucky.”

Clarke trained with Murray and he says it helped him a lot:

“It’s not just the match against Federer, which obviously helped me a lot but, you know, training with Andy Murray. You don’t even need to ask too many questions, but just being on court with those guys, being around those guys, seeing how they prepare, you know, everything’s just in the level and, you know, it’s something that I think all of us guys at the ATP Challenger level can learn from."

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