As a light mizzly rain descended on the All England Club on Wednesday, delaying the start of play at The Championships, came the cheering news that Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray will be teaming up in the mixed doubles draw in Murray’s final appearance at Wimbledon. I’m disappointed. I wanted to play in the tournament,…
Andy Murray won’t be playing singles in his last Wimbledon appearance, but he’ll play doubles and mixed doubles, with the latter pairing happening with Emma Raducanu. Raducanu and Murray as mixed doubles partners has been an idea for a long time, as both of them admitted that they would be open to it. The experienced…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, July 3, 2024Photo credit: Stephen White/CameraSport In what is likely his SW19 farewell, Andy Murray is bringing mixed magic to Wimbledon. Former world No. 1 Murray will partner 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu in a British dream team for the Wimbledon mixed doubles draw. More: Shoulder Injury…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday July 2, 2024 Andy Murray has elected to withdraw from singles at Wimbledon. The 37-year-old mounted a last-ditch push to get healthy in time after having back surgery to remove a spinal cyst ten days ago, but ultimately made the decision to withdraw on Monday morning. He will…
Nick Kyrgios is ten months removed from his wrist surgery, and the comeback plans are slowly starting to take shape. The Australian endured some heartbreaking moments after a proper breakout season, with a Wimbledon final among the many highlights. It was back in 2022, and since then, we’ve only seen him play once, at last…
Andy Murray and his brother Jamie Murray have been granted a main draw wild card in the Wimbledon men’s doubles tournament. The news comes on the back of a stoic response by the three-time Grand Slam champion, who is keeping his options in the singles tournament open as he continues to recover from a back…
By June of 2013, Baltimore’s beat writers had established their favorite in-season stat to track: Manny Machado’s rapidly rising doubles count. Machado was in the midst of his first full season in the majors and on pace to make a run for the single-season doubles record. He finished the season with 51 (a several-way tie…
Novak Djokovic‘s mixed doubles partner, Nina Stojanovic, recently commented on the unexpected situation at the Tokyo Olympics. Djokovic competed in the singles and mixed doubles tournaments at the event in Japan’s capital three years ago. He cruised through his opening four rounds in singles before losing to Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals. The Serbian former…
Karen Khachanov joked about ending his doubles partnership with Taylor Fritz after failing to win the 2024 Cinch Championships together. While most top singles players don’t play doubles regularly, some play occasionally because it can benefit them. For example, the grass season is very short, so many players opt to play doubles as well as…
According to reports from his native Serbia, Novak Djokovic won’t play doubles at the upcoming Paris Olympics. The last time the Serbian competed at the Olympic Games was in 2021 in Tokyo, when the 2020 Olympics were moved one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He played both singles and mixed doubles but failed to…
