"His legacy lives on": Katie Boulter hits back at Emma Raducanu about comments regarding tennis after Andy Murray's retirement

Britain’s Katie Boulter has hit back at comments about Emma Raducanu about former world number one Andy Murray. The 37-year-old is often regarded as the greatest British player in the history of men’s tennis in the singles category.

Murray recently retired from the sport after the Paris Olympics, where he participated in the doubles category with Dan Evans. The pair suffered a defeat in the quarterfinal to America’s Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul. Raducanu, who is in New York for the upcoming US Open, was asked how she feels in the post-Murray era, to which she responded that she feels nothing different and that life ‘moves on’ in the sport.

However, her fellow countrywoman Boulter was recently quoted in a report by English media outlet Daily Express, in which she hit back at Raducanu's comments and believes that Murray’s ‘legacy lives on’ in the sport despite his recent retirement.

“His legacy lives on,” she said. “I walk past his pictures here every day. What an incredible player. I think everything that he's done for us is incredible. I think it put British tennis on another level, and inspired so many kids, myself included. I think what he's done for this game is above and beyond.I have been at the National Training Centre since I was 13 years old. I was obviously too scared to go up to him and speak to him but I think just even being in the same atmosphere as him, you feel his presence, you feel he's in there. You see what he's doing, you see how he's working. I think that showed me a lot about how to work

Murray retired from the sport after winning three Grand Slams, including two Wimbledon titles at home. That’s not it, as he also won two gold medals for his country, and both of those medals came in the singles category.