Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her mixed doubles match with Andy Murray.
Raducanu’s withdrawal means Murray, 37, has likely played his last Wimbledon match, following his men’s doubles defeat with brother Jamie on Thursday. Murray’s camp have expressed disappointment at the situation.
Per the Wimbledon rules, Murray is not allowed to re-pair, with the Raducanu news coming approximately four hours before their match was due to begin.
Murray and Raducanu were scheduled to appear fourth on Court 1 today (Saturday), with their match against Marcelo Arevalo and Zhang Shuai likely to have started around 7pm BST. Raducanu is then due to face New Zealand qualifier Lulu Sun on Sunday in the women’s singles Championship.
Murray is a two-time Wimbledon men’s singles champion (Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Murray, meanwhile, bid farewell to a packed Centre Court on Thursday after his men’s doubles exit. “I’m ready to finish playing,” he said. “I don’t want that to be the case. I would love to play, like I said, forever. But, today, even though it was a doubles match where physically it’s obviously not as demanding, it’s still really hard for me.
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