‘Don’t decide us much too harshly’ – Andy Murray pleads with media to lay off Emma Raducanu forward of Wimbledon

Andy Murray has identified as on the media to not decide Emma Raducanu “also harshly” as the 19-yr-outdated prepares to make her 2nd appearance at Wimbledon.

The British women’s No.1 is battling for physical fitness in advance of Wimbledon’s start off on June 27, obtaining performed just 33 minutes of grass-courtroom tennis after harm pressured her to withdraw from the Nottingham Open.

In truth, the 19-year-outdated has failed to attain the heights a lot of anticipated of her soon after breathtaking the world with her US Open up title gain in 2021.

She has failed to make it earlier the 2nd round of the Australian and French opens amid a quantity of harm issues.

Raducanu has absent through a variety of coaches just after splitting with Andrew Richardson and arrived at the French Open without the need of a coach, electing as an alternative to journey to Paris with only a hitting companion.

But in an impassioned plea to the media, Murray urged onlookers to “just permit her [Raducanu] be who she is.”

Murray extra: “We will make blunders and say the mistaken factor at moments but just it’s possible do not choose us too harshly when we do that and I’m guaranteed that would support Emma a minor little bit.

“Just permit her be who she is, and you know, she could possibly say some matters that are a joke or that she possibly doesn’t suggest or regardless of what.”

“I believe there demands to be a amount of have confidence in and respect among the player and the media.

“I also experienced problems early in my occupation where by perhaps specified things that I said got taken out of context or jokes that I may possibly have made turned into significant tales and big headlines where by it turned factors a little bit sour and damaging.”

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