Serbian Novak Djokovic announced this Saturday the hiring of former tennis player Andy Murray as his new coach for the next Australian Open, which will be played between January 12 and 26 next year.
The Scot, who retired at the last Olympic Games in Paris, is a winner of three Grand Slams, two Olympic medals, number one in the world and more than forty titles, in addition to being the first Briton in 77 years to win Wimbledon.
Djokovic had been without a coach since he stopped collaborating with fellow former Wimbledon winner Goran Ivanisevic a few months ago.
The couple, who met 36 times in their careers, with 25 victories for the Serbian and eleven for the British, will begin training during the preseason, with their sights set on the Australian Open, where the Serbian has won ten times. occasions and where Murray lost five finals.
“I’m delighted to have one of my biggest rivals on the same side of the net as my coach,” Djokovic said. on social networks, who aspires in 2025 to expand her list of 24 Grand Slams, the most in history together with the Australian Margaret Court, who dominated women’s tennis in the 60s and early 70s
Novak Djokovic joins Rafael Nadal’s farewell
Serbian Novak Djokovic, Juan Martín del Potro and Roger Federer or golfers like Sergio García They wanted to join Rafa Nadal’s emotional farewell by being the protagonists of a video as a tribute that was projected on the central screens of the Martín Carpena in Málaga.
“Thank you for making us excited and giving us so much joy,” said Casillas, a message that was joined by other footballers such as Rodri Hernández, Beckham, Andrés Iniesta and Raúl González, who described him as “the best athlete in history with values that inspired” his career.
The Serbian Novak Djokovic, rival on the courts, highlighted the “tenacity and incredible energy as a reason for inspiration”, as did Juan Martín del Potro, Serena Williams or Conchita Martínez, another illustrious Spanish tennis player, who highlighted the qualities of the Balearic player.
Golfer Sergio García also wanted to say goodbye to Rafa Nadal, who, excitedly, witnessed the emotional tribute paid to him by the Spanish fans on the Martín Carpena court.
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