Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic’s coaching partnership is set continue (Image: Getty)
Former British star Laura Robson has claimed that family would have come first when it came to the Scot extending his deal as coach.
The three-time Grand Slam champion the Serbian’s team last year. The stunning double act were seen in action for the first time at this year’s with Murray spotted in Djokovic’s box for every match as the 37-year-old marched to the semi-finals in Melbourne.
The 10-time champion was ultimately forced to retire with a muscle tear during his last-four encounter with . While it’s been that Murray and Djokovic will work together at this year’s and , Robson maintained that the two-time champion will have been wary of long stays away from his family.
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“He’s (Murray) pretty busy at home. I imagine it took them a while to figure out what schedule they were going to be able to do together,” Robson said on
“Andy, for sure, doesn’t want to do long stints at a time away from home when he literally just retired a few months ago. I imagine that it took some effort to work out amongst themselves and also their agents, I’m sure.
“But just the positive is that he’s back and wanting to continue, because I know from seeing Andy on the courts in Australia, he was really excited at the prospect of hanging around and being together again and was just sinking his teeth into it and getting invested in the tactics.
“You could see from the side of the court how much he wanted Novak to win. So to carry it on, I think it is really cool for tennis to have that storyline ongoing.”
Murray and Djokovic have said they’ve enjoyed their partnership (Image: Getty)
Making his competitive return at the Qatar Open, the Serbian icon was stunned in the first round when unseeded Italian Matteo Berrettini beat him in straight sets. Yet, according to the man himself, his link-up with Murray will continue on an “indefinite” basis.
“I expressed my desire to continue the collaboration with him so I am really glad he did accept,” Djokovic told the media ahead of his defeat in Doha.”It’s indefinite in terms of how long we are going to work together but we agreed we are going to work most likely in the [United] States and then some clay-court tournaments and see how it goes after that.”
Following Djokovic’s exit from the , Murray how coaching differed from his days in the thick of the action. “It’s definitely harder playing, that’s for sure,” he said.
“I felt a lot of nerves and stuff in the build-up to the matches, but when I was watching it I felt like I was able to sort of switch that off. I felt calm at the side and was sort of watching, trying to do my job.”