What Andy Murray said to Emma Raducanu following her Australian Open second round win after seeing her at Melbourne Park

Emma Raducanu has progressed to the third round of the Australian Open for the first time after beating Amanda Anisimova in straight sets.

Raducanu had struggled with her serve in the first round, and while there were still issues in the second round match she managed to reduced her double faults from 15 to five.

This was only the second match that she has played in 2025, with Raducanu withdrawing from Auckland due to a back injury.

While she is still yet to drop a set in Melbourne, Raducanu’s match against friend Anisimova was anything but straightforward having trailed in both sets.

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What Andy Murray said to Emma Raducanu after her second round Australian Open win

After beating two top 40 ranked players in back-to-back matches, Raducanu is now set to play Iga Swiatek in her third round match at the Australian Open.

When speaking in her post-match press conference, Raducanu was asked about receiving negativity last year and revealed that Andy Murray had actually spoken to her following reaching the third round at the Australian Open.

“Yeah, I think this year I’m just approaching it quite holistically, I would say, in the sense of just having good people around me, having a positive outlook,” said Raducanu. “You know, anything that’s not necessarily serving me, I’m just pretty savage in terms of just prioritizing myself and focusing.

“Anything that wants to try and affect that, I don’t have time for it. No hate. I just don’t want to kind of let that in. But, I mean, 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.”

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These comments come after Raducanu received a lot of backlash last year following a decision she made concerning Murray at Wimbledon.

What happened between Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon?

Murray is at the Australian Open coaching Novak Djokovic this year, having retired from on-court competition in 2024.

This comes after the former world number played his final tournaments at Wimbledon and the Paris Olympics last year.

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At the grass court major, Murray was announced to play mixed doubles with Raducanu in what would have been his last match at the Grand Slam tournament that he has won twice.

However, after making a run in singles Raducanu withdrew from the mixed doubles tournament, citing soreness in the wrist that she had previously required surgery on.

This prompted a strong reaction from fans, that was heightened after Judy Murray made a comment following Raducanu’s withdrawal.

However, it appears that things have calmed down six months on from the incident with Andy Murray and Raducanu now focusing on their different roles at the Australian Open.

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