Emma Raducanu feared ‘bad blood’ with Andy Murray after Wimbledon row

Emma Raducanu admitted she feared “bad blood” with Andy Murray after her Wimbledon mixed doubles withdrawal.

The Scot was denied a final match at the All England Club last summer when Raducanu pulled out ahead of their first-round contest citing soreness in her wrist.

Murray was known to be hugely disappointed and the furore overshadowed Raducanu’s run to the fourth round of the singles, her best at a grand slam since her US Open victory.

So the 22-year-old was particularly happy to be congratulated by Murray after her second-round win at the Australian Open against Amanda Anisimova on Thursday, which set up a clash with Iga Swiatek.

“Afterwards I sent him a long message basically apologising if I caused any trouble, I guess, at Wimbledon, that’s definitely the last thing I want,” Raducanu told the PA news agency.

“He’s someone that I’ve grown up looking up to and I don’t want any bad blood or harsh feelings with him. I sent him a long message and he took it really well and responded saying he was disappointed but he understood.

“We’re fine now. We walk past each other and say, ‘hello’, ‘well done’. It’s obviously really cool seeing him with Novak (Djokovic) here as well.”

While Murray’s focus is now off court as he helps Djokovic try to win more grand slam titles, Raducanu is determined not to allow any outside negativity to affect her.

She has had to become used to a lot of noise swirling around since her New York breakthrough, and she said at her press conference after a 6-3 7-5 win over Anisimova: “I think this year I’m just approaching it quite holistically in the sense of just having good people around me, having a positive outlook.

“Anything that’s not necessarily serving me, I’m pretty savage in terms of just