Murray: I'll help Djokovic be 'best athlete of all time'
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Andy Murray has said he thinks his coaching could help Novak Djokovic cement his claim as “the best athlete of all time”. Murray, 37, who joined his former great rival's coaching team last November, months after retiring from playing, admitted the change of dynamic was "strange" at first.
The two-time Wimbledon champion will get his first taste of life on the other side during a match when the Serbian star, also 37, takes on 19-year-old American Nishesh Basavareddy in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday. Djokovic, a 10-time Melbourne champion, is in the unfamiliar position of seventh seed after failing to win a grand slam title in 2024 for the first time in seven years.
But the 24-time grand slam champion did win an emotional Olympic gold medal in Paris to claim a title he had been chasing his entire career after beating Carlos Alcaraz in the final. Murray, who won back-to-back gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 games, said he felt "there was at times a little bit missing" when watching some of Djokovic's matches last year.
"He achieved the last thing that he felt like he needed to at the Olympics. So for me and his team, it's about trying to find that motivation to keep going and pushing for more," he said. Andy Murray 'absolutely fine' with Novak Djokovic shouting at him as coach for Australian Open.
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