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Carlos Alcaraz supports Emma Raducanu’s withdrawal decision at Wimbledon
Tennis NewsMonday, 08 July 2024 at 15:59
Spain’s tennis star Carlos Alcaraz has backed Britain’s Emma
Raducanu for deciding to withdraw from the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon. The
third Grand Slam of the year, like always, was set to get a lot of attraction,
but this year, the interest from the fans has been unlike ever before.
The reason was that the former world number one Andy Murray, who had already announced that he would retire from professional tennis because of fitness concerns after the ongoing mega-event and Paris Olympics, was set to feature at the Olympics for the final time.
Murray, who had to withdraw from the singles category after
suffering a back injury during the Queen’s ATP Championship, decided to participate in the doubles and mixed doubles categories. His doubles journey with his
brother Jamie ended in the first round as they lost to the Australian
pair of John Peers and Rinky Hijikata.
Murray was then due to appear in the mixed doubles category, where he was supposed to team up with Raducanu. However, the 2021 US Open
winner decided to withdraw from the competition at the last minute because of a
wrist injury. Fans on social media criticised the announcement severely, blaming the young British tennis star for not giving
Murray a final chance to say goodbye to his fans in his favourite tournament.
However, Alcaraz, who is already regarded as one of the best
players in men’s tennis along with Italy’s Jannik Sinner and Serbia’s Novak
Djokovic, was recently quoted in a report backing Raducanu over the
decision. The world number three believes that the former world number 10, who herself
has recently returned to fitness after spending nearly 12 months on the
sidelines, has done the right thing.
“Well, it is a difficult situation,” he said. “I'm not going
to lie. Obviously she said she was going to play mixed doubles against Andy
Murray, his last Wimbledon of his career. But obviously she's young. I'm sure
that she didn't want to pull out from the mixed doubles. I think she had her
reasons to do it. I guess physical problems. I'm sure that a lot of players who
is in her positions could do the same thing as she [did]. But obviously knowing
it's his last Wimbledon of Andy Murray, is difficult to deal with [for him].”
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