Carlos Alcaraz reacts to Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray partnership: ‘It’s incredible for tennis’

Carlos Alcaraz has hailed the business betwixt Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray arsenic “incredible for tennis”.

Djokovic has turned to his erstwhile rival aft a agelong hunt for a caller coach arsenic he looks to support gait pinch the adjacent procreation of Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.

The 24-time expansive slam champion has fixed Murray his first full-time coaching role, pinch the brace group to agreed up of January’s Australian Open.

Djokovic, 37, won 3 awesome titles successful 2023 but made only a azygous last this year, being thrashed successful consecutive sets by an irresistible Alcaraz astatine Wimbledon.

The Serb sewage revenge connected his younger foe astatine Paris 2024 but hopes that Murray’s knowledge and acquisition tin thief him situation the Spaniard and World No 1 Sinner.

And Alcaraz thinks the business whitethorn conscionable salary dividends for the veteran.

“It’s arsenic if [I will] play against some of them,” Alcaraz joked to Mundo Deportivo, earlier adding: “It’s going to beryllium unthinkable for tennis.”

After wins astatine Roland Garros and Wimbledon, Alcaraz now has expansive slam titles connected each 3 surfaces.

Success astatine the first expansive slam of the twelvemonth successful Melbourne truthful acold eludes him, though, pinch a quarter-final exit past twelvemonth his champion decorativeness astatine the tournament.

He will beryllium among the favourites erstwhile the Australian Open gets underway connected Sunday 12 January on pinch Sinner and Djokovic.

The ten-time champion will tune up by playing astatine the Brisbane International, though Murray is not expected to subordinate him astatine the event.

“I can’t beryllium much excited astir it,” Djokovic told Sky Sports recently of Murray’s presence arsenic his coach. “This collaboration is simply a astonishment to maine arsenic well, and to everyone. But it is breathtaking for tennis.

“He has been 1 of my top rivals. We are the aforesaid age, we’ve played successful each of the biggest stadiums successful our sport. I can’t hold to get retired connected the tribunal and hole for adjacent season.”