‘Novak Djokovic can get down on himself, Andy Murray will help him stay positive’ – Martina Navratilova

Speaking astatine magnitude to BBC Sport, Murray recalled, “I was playing golf, and we’d been exchanging messages. Novak had messaged me, conscionable wanting to chat. Then I was connected the 17th spread of the play people and the feline I was playing with said: ‘Do you cognize what’s next?’. I was like: ‘No, not really’. He said: ‘Do you person immoderate plans to bash immoderate coaching?’ And I said, ‘Honestly, I can’t deliberation of thing worse to bash close now’.”

Adding conscionable could not crook down the unsocial accidental to manager long-time rival astatine the upcoming Australian Open, helium told BBC: “Then 30 minutes later, I was successful the car and called Novak, and we had a conversation.”

“When idiosyncratic similar Djokovic asks you, you accidental yes. But still, I’m amazed that emotionally, helium felt acceptable to get backmost into the cauldron again,” Navratilova said connected Tennis Live. “He enactment everything into achieving his eventual goal, which was getting that golden medal. For immoderate reason, the Grand Slams didn’t look arsenic important to Novak successful 2024. I deliberation it shifts backmost to becoming a existent focal constituent for him and his team.”

In a vintage show to triumph golden astatine Paris 2024 Djokovic was brutal, precise shotmaking and the cleanable operation of resolute defence and calculated aggression, helium defeated Carlos Alcaraz, the reigning Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) to triumph the golden medal astatine the Paris Olympics – the 1 tennis accomplishment that has evaded a resume that contains 24 Majors, each 9 Masters 1000 titles, and triumphs astatine the ATP Finals and Davis Cup.