“The proper coach for me now could be somebody who has confronted the identical experiences that I’ll face: probably a winner of a number of Slams, a former world no. 1. I used to be considering of a number of individuals and Andy Murray’s identify got here up with my staff and so I gave him a name to see if he was out there.”
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 buddy.
“I discovered him a bit unprepared as a result of he did not anticipate it, however we hit it off straight away and he accepted after a couple of days and I could not be happier. It is a collaboration that may be a shock for me, for everybody and for tennis. He was one in all my largest rivals, we’re the identical age, we performed within the largest stadiums and I am unable to wait to get on the courtroom and put together for the following season,” stated the Serbian champion after hiring the 3-time Slam champion as his coach.
Nole and Andy – who retired this 12 months on the finish of the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games – have actually stunned the world of tennis with the announcement of their partnership, positively shaking up the media, insiders and followers.
“I assumed rather a lot about how I ought to face the following season. I assumed in regards to the issues I wanted at this level in my profession, as a result of in March I ended my relationship with a coach with whom I had had loads of success and so I spent many months questioning if I wanted a coach first and in that case what could be the best profile,” defined Nole.
What to anticipate from this long-awaited collaboration? One thing complementary I believe. I already stated it in one in all my in-depth editorials why Nole’s selection is the appropriate one (right here you may learn my function). Djokovic made the wisest and rightest selection: essentially the most tough selection 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 out to be aggressive once more. And I am not simply speaking about tactical or athletic information, however the psychological and psychological facet.
