“The perfect coach for me now is someone who has faced the same experiences that I will face: possibly a winner of multiple Slams, a former world no. 1. I was thinking of several people and Andy Murray’s name came up with my team and so I gave him a call to see if he was available.”
With these phrases launched in an interview for Sky Sport, Novak Djokovic talked for the primary time about his new coach, the Scottish champion with whom he has shared for years each the courtroom as an opponent and the locker room and ATP occasions as a pal.
“I found him a bit unprepared because he didn’t expect it, but we hit it off right away and he accepted after a few days and I couldn’t be happier. It’s a collaboration that is a surprise for me, for everyone and for tennis. He was one of my biggest rivals, we are the same age, we played in the biggest stadiums and I can’t wait to get on the court and prepare for the next season,” stated the Serbian champion after hiring the 3-time Slam champion as his coach.
Djokovic and Murray© Djokovic Fb/Truthful Use
Nole and Andy – who retired this 12 months on the finish of the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games – have actually shocked the world of tennis with the announcement of their partnership, positively shaking up the media, insiders and followers.
“I thought a lot about how I should face the next season. I thought about the things I needed at this point in my career, because in March I ended my relationship with a coach with whom I had had a lot of success and so I spent many months wondering if I needed a coach first and if so what would be the ideal profile,” defined Nole.
What to anticipate from this long-awaited collaboration? One thing complementary I believe. I already stated it in considered one of my in-depth editorials why Nole’s alternative is the correct one (right here you possibly can learn my function). Djokovic made the wisest and rightest alternative: probably the most tough alternative in some methods, as a result of Murray is at his first expertise as a coach. However seeing the Scot, I believe he was born to be a coach, and he’ll convey to Nole these small particulars that the Serb must turn into aggressive once more. And I am not simply speaking about tactical or athletic data, however the psychological and psychological facet.
