Emma Raducanu has pulled out of her Wimbledon mixed doubles match with Andy Murray on Saturday due to wrist soreness.
The British duo were set to face Marcelo Arevalo and Zhang Shuai at the All England Club as part of Murray’s career swansong.
But Raducanu’s withdrawal means two-time winner Murray’s Wimbledon career is over.
His final appearance at SW19 was the straight-sets defeat alongside brother Jamie in the men’s doubles earlier this week.
Raducanu said: ‘Unfortunately I woke up with some stiffness in my right wrist this morning, so therefore I have decided to make the very tough decision to withdraw from the mixed doubles tonight.
“I’m disappointed as I was really looking forward to playing with Andy but got to take care.”
Murray, who is set to retire from tennis later this year, was forced to withdraw from the men’s singles due to injury.
Raducanu, meanwhile, has progressed to the fourth round of the women’s singles and faces Lulu Sun on Sunday.
The decision to withdraw from her match with Murray is thought to be precautionary and there is no suggestion she will pull out of the women’s singles at this stage.
While Raducanu was buzzing with excitement to play alongside Murray in his last Wimbledon campaign, she previously admitted her team were skeptical about the decision, which would have seen her play three times in three days.
“For me it was a no-brainer,’ the former US Open champion said.
“In my team, they were asking me, ‘Emma, are you sure you want to play? Just in case you’re still in the tournament’. I was like, ‘No-brainer’.”
Raducanu had dropped outside the world’s top 300 following years of injury struggles, which included surgery on both wrists.
She beat ninth seed Maria Sakkari on Friday to make the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time since her famous US Open triumph in 2021.
There were also questions over the scheduling of Raducanu and Murray’s mixed doubles match.
They had been placed fourth on No. 1 Court, meaning Raducanu faced an extremely late finish, and the match was set to clash with England’s Euro 2024 quarter-final against Switzerland.
Raducanu herself admitted on Friday: “The scheduling of (the mixed) was not ideal.”
Murray was in tears during an emotional goodbye to Centre Court on Thursday.
In a special ceremony, former BBC presenter Sue Barker surprised Murray by coming out of retirement to conduct an interview with him.
Tennis icons John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova and Murray’s great rival Novak Djokovic all appeared courtside to honour the Scot, while a montage of his career highlights was played.
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