Andy Murray has played his last match in Wimbledon.
His partner in mixed doubles, Emma Raducanu, was forced to withdraw from Saturday's match.
This means that 37-year-old Murray's Wimbledon career is over. In a statement on Wimbledon's website, Raducanu says:
"Unfortunately, I woke up with a bit of stiffness in my right wrist. Therefore, I have made the difficult decision to withdraw from the mixed doubles."
Murray/Raducanu were to face Zhang Shuai and Marcelo Arevalo, but it ended with a withdrawal.
"I'm disappointed because I really looked forward to playing with Andy. But I have to take care of myself," says Raducanu.
Andy Murray chose to opt out of singles play in this year's Wimbledon to instead focus on men's and mixed doubles. In men's doubles, he played with his brother Jamie and was eliminated in the first match. The Murray brothers lost 7–6 (8–6), 6–4 to the Australian duo Rinky Hijikata and John Peers.
It was very special. We've never had the opportunity to do it before, and this year it worked out. He asked me, and it was a bit of a race against time to get here. So I'm glad we got to do it once together, said Andy about playing with his brother.
After the match, he was greatly praised with an emotional video where several tennis legends said nice things about him.
We're all proud to have played against you, said longtime competitor Rafael Nadal.
Murray has previously announced that this is his last appearance in Wimbledon. He plans to retire after the Olympics in Paris this summer.
Murray has won the singles class in Wimbledon twice.
