Friendship is friendship, past rivalry on the courtroom: Novak Djokovic, who has chosen Andy Murray as his new coach, is aware of it properly. And Andy Roddick is aware of it properly too, who – in one of many newest episodes of his Podcast Served with – revealed that the Scot turned down provides from many tennis gamers – ladies and men – to work with the Serbian champion.
In response to the previous 2003 US Open champion, the Briton obtained a number of fascinating provides earlier than accepting that of the 24-time Slam champion.
“I have heard, although it is not for me to say, that several top players, both men and women, asked Andy to be their coach and he has said them no. In the last four months he has said no to many players. In the last four months he has said no to many. And those who have asked him were very, very high up: they were absolutely elite players, both on the men’s and women’s Tour,” he revealed.
Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic© YouTube screenshot
“That struggle that the Scot had to go through will be a value for Djokovic at this age. The fact that I say Novak at 38 is not as good as he was at 32 should not be up for debate. I think Murray has the highest tennis IQ I’ve ever seen. He’s competed with these kind of superheroes without a dominant shot on the court and without being faster than them. He’s a detail-oriented guy, he’s a master of match analysis, he’s one of the most detail-oriented guys ever. And Novak chose him because he knows he wants those conversations, he feels like he needs something a little different right now,” added Roddick in his evaluation.
