Andy Murray to coach long-time rival Novak Djokovic at Australian Open

Andy Murray has made the daze determination to coach his long-time rival Novak Djokovic during the Australian Open.

Murray, who retired aft the summertime Olympics, will subordinate the Serbian’s squad successful the off-season and coach him done the opening expansive slam of 2025.

It will spot the Scot amazingly subordinate forces pinch the man who was his biggest nemesis during his agelong career, particularly successful Australia wherever he mislaid to Djokovic successful 4 finals.

Murray, who hit Djokovic to triumph the US Open successful 2012 and Wimbledon successful 2013, says he wants to thief the 24-time expansive slam champion execute his goals.

“I’m going to beryllium joining Novak’s squad successful the off-season, helping him to hole for the Australian Open, he said.

“I’m really excited for it and looking guardant to spending clip connected the aforesaid broadside of the nett arsenic Novak for a change, helping him to execute his goals.”

Djokovic added: “I americium excited to person 1 of my top rivals connected the aforesaid broadside of the net, arsenic my coach.

“Looking guardant to commencement of the play and competing successful Australia alongside Andy pinch whom I person shared galore exceptional moments connected the Australian soil.”

Djokovic hit Murray successful the 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016 Australian Open finals while besides losing successful the French Open last successful 2016.

It was his pursuit of toppling Djokovic astatine the apical of the rankings successful 2016 which was a precursor to his 2017 hep wounded which derailed Murray’s career.

Djokovic, who divided pinch coach Goran Ivanisevic earlier this year, hopes that adding Murray to his squad will thief him get backmost to the apical of the crippled arsenic he went done a almanac twelvemonth without winning a expansive slam for the first clip since 2017.

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz person developed a stranglehold astatine the apical of the men’s crippled and Djokovic, who has seen Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal each discontinue successful caller years, is still hoping to move clear of the grounds 24 expansive slams he shares pinch Margaret Court.