"It’s old news the next day": Post Andy Murray life 'doesn't feel different at all' admits Emma Raducanu in brutally honest take

Britain’s tennis star Emma Raducanu has opened up about life after the retirement of former world number one Andy Murray. The 37-year-old, who has struggled with fitness concerns throughout his career, is regarded as one of the greatest British players in the history of men’s tennis in the singles category.

Murray’s illustrious career finally came to an end recently after the Paris Olympics, where he participated in the doubles category. He and his partner Dan Evans lost to the pair of America’s Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals in straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-4.

Raducanu is currently in New York to participate in the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year—the US Open—where she talked about life in the tennis world after the retirement of the former world number one. She was of the opinion that any sport, especially tennis, moves on from the people who left it and suggested that it ‘doesn’t feel different at all’.

“It doesn’t feel different at all,” she said. “Tennis is unforgiving in that sense. No matter who you are, it just moves on. Of course…I watched him win this tournament but yeah, it’s fast paced like life - it’s old news the next day.”

Raducanu will be hoping to have an impressive outing in New York as it is the same venue where she announced herself on the global stage back in 2021 when she lifted the title at the age of just 18. The most impressive aspect of her performance in that competition was the fact that she started the tournament through the qualifying round and still managed to go all the way and lift the title, beating Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-3. She will begin her 2024 campaign against the 2020 Australian Open winner, America’s Sofia Kenin.