EMMA RADUCANU has held clear-the-air talks with Andy Murray.
The tennis star pulled out of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, which would have been the Scot’s final appearance at the tournament.
Murray, 37, retired from tennis last year following Team GB’s exit from the doubles at the Paris Olympics.
But he was denied a farewell at Wimbledon after Raducanu, 22, withdrew from the mixed doubles.
He admitted that he had not spoken to her but insisted he harboured no bad feelings.
The world No61 has now revealed that she has spoken to Murray in order to clear the air.
She said: “He’s someone I respect a lot and I just didn’t want any negative tension in the air, more than anything, because I’m going to see him around.
“I just didn’t want that. It didn’t feel right, so I texted him and he replied, and it was like a really nice message.
“So I’m glad I did that and I just hope he doesn’t hate me too much.”
Raducanu ran into Murray in person at the Australian Open, where she beat Amanda Anisimova in the second round.
She admitted that he congratulated her on her victory and that it was nice to have his support.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Emma Raducanu wins Australian Open opener but promises to address part of her game that had ‘a mind of its own’ ” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6367072309112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]She added: “I saw Andy today, and he said: ‘well done’, and congratulated me.
“That was really nice. He’s someone that I look up to a lot. So it’s good to have that pat on the back from him.
“Whether or not I can turn back time and do things differently, that’s in the past.
[authenticated-scripts src=”%3Cscript%20class%3D%22palin-poll%22%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fpollingwidgets%2Fv3%2Fwidget.js%3Fquestion_id%3D103026%26game%3Dpolling%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E” type=”embedded” width=”100″ /]“All I can do is kind of evaluate that and learn going forwards.
“And I wanted to take the initiative, because growing up, he was one of my idols, and he still is, with everything he’s achieved in the game, coming from the UK and the same system and everything.”
Raducanu will take on Polish second seed Iga Swiatek in the third round of the Australian Open on Saturday.