Novak Djokovic reveals key reason behind appointing Andy Murray as his new coach

Novak Djokovic believes that Andy Murray’s experiences and akin mindset made him the cleanable illustration for his caller coach.

Djokovic stunned the tennis satellite past play when helium appointed Murray arsenic his caller full-time manager conscionable 4 months after the Scotsman hung up his racquets.

The 37-year-old, present down to 10th successful the world, failed to triumph a Grand Slam successful 2024 for the archetypal clip since 2017 and said helium wanted to effort thing different.

The Serb admitted that Murray was taken aback by the connection astatine archetypal but is assured the brace tin enactment good unneurotic fixed their shared experiences passim their careers.

‘I was going done a process of reasoning astir adjacent play and trying to fig retired what I request astatine this signifier of my career,’ Djokovic told Sky Sports.

‘Because I stopped with my manager Goran Ivanisevic, that I was precise palmy with for galore years, successful March.

‘So I took astir six months to truly deliberation astir if I truly request a coach, and if yes, who that’s going to beryllium and the illustration of the coach.’

Djokovic continued: ‘We were going done antithetic names and I realised the cleanable manager for maine astatine this constituent would beryllium idiosyncratic that has been done the experiences that I’m going through, imaginable aggregate Grand Slam winner, erstwhile No 1.

‘I was reasoning astir antithetic radical and past an Andy Murray treatment appeared connected the array with maine and my team. It was inactive a daze decision.

‘It caught him a small spot disconnected defender arsenic good due to the fact that helium wasn’t expecting it, truthful we connected truly accelerated and helium accepted aft a fewer days. I couldn’t beryllium much excited astir it. This collaboration is simply a astonishment to maine arsenic well, to everyone.

‘But it’s breathtaking for tennis. He’s been 1 of my top rivals. We’re the aforesaid age. We’ve played successful each the biggest stadiums successful our sport. So I can’t hold to get retired connected the tribunal and hole for adjacent season.’

The duo’s archetypal large trial volition travel astatine the Australian Open aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth wherever Djokovic volition anticipation to assertion a record-extending 11th rubric successful Melbourne.

And contempt his property – and the caller status of Rafael Nadal – Djokovic is inactive assured helium tin contend with the adjacent procreation of tennis stars.

‘I inactive volition effort to spell beardown due to the fact that I consciousness similar my assemblage is serving maine well. I inactive person information to triumph Grand Slams, marque much history,’ helium added.

‘That’s 1 of the biggest reasons wherefore I asked Andy to enactment with me. Because I inactive person large plans. So arsenic agelong arsenic that’s the case, I’ll support going.’

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