During her second round press conference at Wimbledon 2024, Emma Raducanu expressed her joy over her impressive performance on Court One, sharing her preference for playing with the roof on and reminiscing about her memorable win against Sorana Cirstea. She also discussed the support she received from the British crowd and celebrities like Romeo and David Beckham.
Raducanu revealed that it took her only 10 seconds to accept Andy Murray’s offer to play mix doubles with him. She also talked about the challenges of facing Maria Sakkari and her plans to enjoy the experience. Raducanu touched upon the theme of finding freedom in her tennis and her excitement about playing mixed doubles with Murray. I
n another part of the press conference, Raducanu reacted to learning that she would be playing a Chinese player in the next round and expressed her surprise and gratitude towards the player’s compliment.
Ranked world no.135, Emma owns an overall 15-9 win-loss record in 2024. The Brit is competing in Wimbledon where she beat the world no.98 Renata Zarazua 7-60 6-3 and the world no.33 Elise Mertens 6-1 6-2
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Emma Raducanu will fight against the world no.9 Maria Sakkari in the 3rd round. Their current record is 1-0 for Raducanu.
Currently the world no.113, Murray played his last match on the 19th of June when he had to retire when playing against world no.40 Jordan Thompson in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 4-1 .
Currently, during this year Murray owns an overall 7-13 win-loss record.