BREAKING: Andy Murray to become Novak Djokovic's coach as tennis great makes shock announcement

Andy Murray retired earlier this twelvemonth and is present acceptable to measurement successful the country of his long-time rival Novak Djokovic successful a coaching capableness arsenic helium takes the adjacent measurement successful his tennis career

Novak Djokovic has confirmed that British tennis fable Andy Murray is to go his coach.

It marks Murray's adjacent measurement successful tennis aft retiring from his playing vocation earlier this year. The Scot brought an extremity to vocation that saw Wimbledon glory and Olympic golden and present helium is acceptable to assistance the 37-year-old Djokovic, who possibly denied him the accidental of much success.

"He ne'er liked status anyway," commented Djokovic erstwhile publishing a video connected societal media to corroborate the news.

Speaking implicit a item reel of moments betwixt the duo, Djokovic announced his latest appointment. "We played each different since we were boys," helium said.

"Twenty-five years of being rivals, of pushing each different beyond our limits. We had immoderate of the astir epic battles successful our sport. They called america gamechangers, risk-takers, history-makers. I thought our communicative whitethorn beryllium over. Turns retired it has 1 last chapter. It's clip for 1 of my toughest opponents to measurement into my corner. Welcome connected committee manager Andy Murray."

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