Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu form surprise team to delight Wimbledon crowds
Wimbledon is in for a treat with home heroes Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu uniting for mixed doubles.
The pair of British talents have announced that they will be entering the draw as a wildcard addition.
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Murray and Raducanu are the only active Grand Slam winners to represent Britain and will quickly become a must-watch at this year's event.
The decision comes just a day on from Murray announcing that he wouldn't take part in his first-round Gentlemen's Singles match due to injury.
Meanwhile, 2021 US Open winner Raducanu opened her Ladies' Singles campaign by beating Mexico's Renata Zarazua in straight-sets on Centre Court.
Murray famously teamed up with Serena Williams in mixed doubles in 2019 and this will no doubt spark equal levels of excitement on what is expected to be the Brit's final Wimbledon appearance.
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The 37-year-old two-time Wimbledon champion had surgery on a spinal cyst eight days before he was due to play, and then made the decision not to face Tomas Machac.
Instead his focus will be fully on doubles where he's already signed up to play alongside his brother and doubles expert Jamie in the men's draw.
Sir Andy is already a tennis legend for his exploits at the top of the game, with his 2012 US Open victory making him the first British major winner since Virginia Wade in 1977, and first British male since Fred Perry in 1936.
A year later his love affair with Wimbledon began, beating Novak Djokovic in the final in front of his home crowd, before adding another title in 2016 with victory over Milos Raonic.
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Raducanu is similarly a trailblazer for British tennis, becoming the nation's first female Grand Slam winner since Wade in '77.
Doing so at the age of 18, she broke numerous records along the way, becoming the first qualifier to win a major singles title in the Open Era, and the first to do so without dropping a set.
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The Bromley native has regularly cited Murray as an inspiration, recently commenting: “I think the biggest advice is just how he's always taken care of his operations, how he manages his people.
“I think for me it's just like watching him operate day to day, watching him be absolutely on it with everything. Even in practice now, he's so on it to the minute.
“I think me, when I was a bit younger maybe, showing up 15 minutes before practice to do a few arm curls, swing my hand around and warm up, he's there for an hour and a half doing treatment. He just sets really good examples.”
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