Tennis: Andy Murray’s Fairy Tale Ending At Wimbledon Cut Short As Raducanu Pulls Out Of Doubles

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Andy Murray’s Wimbledon career is over after his doubles partner Emma Raducanu pulled out of their planned appearance in the mixed doubles.

The former world number one was due to play alongside his fellow Briton on Saturday evening at the All England Club.

Raducanu said she has “some stiffness” in her right wrist.

She moved into the fourth round of the women’s singles with a dominant two-set win over Greek ninth seed Maria Sakkari on Friday.

“I have decided to make the very tough decision to withdraw from the mixed doubles,” she said.

“I’m disappointed as I was really looking forward to playing with Andy but I’ve got to take care.”

Murray, a two-time singles champion at Wimbledon, was playing at SW19 for the last time before retiring later this year.

The Scot is said to be “disappointed” that he is unable to play alongside 2021 US Open champion Raducanu, who missed Wimbledon last year after having surgery on both wrists.

Murray was not permitted to find a replacement partner for Raducanu under tournament rules because the draw had already been made.

Murray and Raducanu, who were set to play China’s Zhang Shuai and El Salvador’s Marcelo Arevalo, have been replaced by an alternate pairing.

It means Murray made his final appearance on Thursday when he lost alongside older brother Jamie in the men’s doubles.

The three-time major champion plans to retire later this year, with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games set to be his final event.

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