Andy Murray mentions Emma Raducanu’s Grand Slam success to indicate British tennis hasn’t slumped

Andy Murray pointed out that the state of tennis in the UK is not that bad the way it's being portrayed.

Andy Murray mentions Emma Raducanu’s Grand Slam success to indicate British tennis hasn’t slumped

L-Emma Raducanu, R-Andy Murray (Images via WTA/BBC)

Former World No. 1 Andy Murray turned 36 in May and is thinking of hanging up his racquet. But thankfully, it’s not going to come anytime soon because he experienced that feeling of saying goodbye to tennis when he was dealing with that career-threatening hip injury, and doesn’t want to suffer from it again.

Recently, Murray talked about the state of British tennis at the moment. At the French Open last month, there was no woman from Britain in the main draw. In men’s tennis, the likes of Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, and Jack Draper played. Emma Raducanu and Draper will be the British absentees at Wimbledon due to injuries, but 10 other players were given wild cards.

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Murray thought it better to focus on grass court rather than participate at the Roland Garros as prior to the clay-court Grand Slam, he won two back-to-back tournaments in the Challenger events. At the same time, the criticism that no British women are playing at the Roland Garros was subdued by Katie Boulter‘s winning title in Nottingham.

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Andy Murray says he still wants to see British players at the top positions

Andy Murray says he still wants to see British players at the top positions
Andy Murray (Image via Tennis-Infinity)

Murray pointed out that the state of tennis in the UK is not that bad the way it’s being portrayed. He cited his as well as Emma Raducanu‘s example to show that British players are not without winning Grand Slam titles, which wasn’t the case some 70 years ago.

“It’s disappointing? It’s always difficult to know what British tennis should be expecting, or what should be considered success,” Murray told PA News Agency. “Because, in the last 10 years, I’ve won some grand slams and Emma Raducanu obviously won a Grand Slam on the women’s side.“

Murray then acknowledged that even though there is a huge improvement, people, including him, would still want to see British players at the top positions. “People will want more- more players competing at the top of the game. I would obviously like to see more but hopefully that will change in the next few years.“

At present, though the Scottish star’s game is not what it used to be, he did not fail to impress by playing with a metal hip and winning matches. Though the two-time Wimbledon champion wants to showcase his skills at the All England’s Club this year, he will be hoping that this wouldn’t be his last. His recent loss to Alex de Minaur at the Queen’s Club Championships ended his hopes of being seeded at the SW19.

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