{"id":6902,"date":"2025-07-19T01:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/6902\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T01:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:40:13","slug":"didnt-feel-comfortable-andy-murray-opens-up-on-novak-djokovic-coaching-struggles-and-hints-at-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/6902\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Didn&#8217;t feel comfortable&#8217; &#8211; Andy Murray opens up on Novak Djokovic coaching struggles and hints at return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Murray has explained the difficulty he faced with the technical aspect of coaching his former rival Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Grand Slam champion was surprisingly hired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Serbian legend<\/a> in November ahead of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Murray and Djokovic formed an unlikely partnership at the end of 2024\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2192231507-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Murray and Djokovic formed an unlikely partnership at the end of 2024\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2192231507-1.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Murray and Djokovic formed an unlikely partnership at the end of 2024Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>After Djokovic retired from his Australian Open semi-final against Alexander Zverev due to injury, the pair&#8217;s split <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/tennis\/3200245\/novak-djokovic-andy-murray-split-french-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was announced in May<\/a> &#8211; two weeks before the French Open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/andy-murray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Murray<\/a> is yet to return to coaching, whilst his former student remains competitive on the ATP Tour at the veteran age of 38.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The Tennis Mentor, the Scotsman was asked on what he learned about himself during his spell with one of the all-time tennis greats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think, first of all, you learn a lot about your weaknesses,&#8221; <a aria-label=\"he replied (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u40lWL3TuTQ&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">he replied<\/a>. &#8220;I think a lot of ex-players\u2026 It&#8217;s very different being a player and a coach, which I expected. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously when you&#8217;re working with someone at that level, it probably shows up your strengths, but also your weaknesses as well, as a coach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Something I&#8217;d say most ex-players are sort of weak at is the technical side of the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At times, Novak was looking for quite a lot of technical feedback, it was something that I didn&#8217;t really feel comfortable with, in terms of how to teach somebody technique. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think coaches that work with younger players and are used to doing that are actually stronger than a lot of the coaches that work on tour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because once a player is sort of 20, 22-years-old, you&#8217;re not trying to overhaul their game and their technique, it&#8217;s like little changes here and there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So that was something that I definitely, if I was going to coach again in the future, I would want to work on and learn from someone who&#8217;s very good at that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Murray says he wasn't sure what technical advice to give to Djokovic\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"AFP\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/coach-andy-murray-talk-practice-977035113.jpg\" data-caption=\"Murray says he wasn't sure what technical advice to give to Djokovic\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/coach-andy-murray-talk-practice-977035113.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Murray says he wasn&#8217;t sure what technical advice to give to DjokovicCredit: AFP<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Louis Cayer is one of the coaches that I worked with during my career on the technical side, who is fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s someone I&#8217;ve reached out to since my time with Novak to talk about potentially getting some coaching for my coaching on that side of things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Murray then commented on a potential coaching return, saying: &#8220;I think I would if it was the right sort of project. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would probably enjoy working with a younger player and sort of trying to influence them from a younger age. Obviously try to help any of the British players if they want and it works out just now. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I think I would coach again in the future, I&#8217;m just not sure if that will be in the immediate future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was not planning on going back on the road <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/tennis\/2458469\/andy-murray-u-turn-novak-djokovic-coach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">when Novak called<\/a>, it wasn&#8217;t something that\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The pair had their fair share of battles in major tournaments\" height=\"648\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andy-murray-great-britain-poses-919781497.jpg\" data-caption=\"The pair had their fair share of battles in major tournaments\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andy-murray-great-britain-poses-919781497.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>The pair had their fair share of battles in major tournamentsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t missing tennis and desperate to get back on the road, but it was a pretty unique opportunity. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I think at some stage, I would like to do it again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic has worked with Dusan Vemic and Boris Bosnjakovic in his coaching team since the split with Murray.<\/p>\n<p>The duo met 36 times on the court, with Djokovic winning 25 of their matches from 2006 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray vs Novak Djokovic &#8211; All results<\/p>\n<p>2006 Madrid Open &#8211; Last 16 &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 1-6 7-5 6-3<\/p>\n<p>2007 Indian Wells Open &#8211; Semi-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-2 6-3<\/p>\n<p>2007 Miami Open &#8211; Semi-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-1 6-0<\/p>\n<p>2008 Monte-Carlo Masters &#8211; Last 16 &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-0 6-4<\/p>\n<p>2008 Canadian Open &#8211; Quarter-finals &#8211; MURRAY won 6-3 7-6 [7-3]<\/p>\n<p>2008 Cincinnati Open &#8211; Final &#8211; MURRAY won 7-6 [7-4] 7-6 [7-5]<\/p>\n<p>2009 Miami Open &#8211; Final &#8211; MURRAY won 6-2 7-5<\/p>\n<p>2011 Australian Open &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-4 6-2 6-3<\/p>\n<p>2011 Italian Open &#8211; Semi-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-1 3-6 7-6 [7-2]<\/p>\n<p>2011 Cincinnati Open &#8211; Final &#8211; MURRAY won 6-4 3-0 ret.<\/p>\n<p>2012 Australian Open &#8211; Semi-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-3 3-6 6-7 [4-7] 6-1 7-5<\/p>\n<p>2012 Dubai Tennis Championships &#8211; Semi-finals &#8211; MURRAY won 6-2 7-5<\/p>\n<p>2012 Miami Open &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-1 7-6 [7-4]<\/p>\n<p>2012 Olympics &#8211; Semi-finals &#8211; MURRAY won 7-5 7-5<\/p>\n<p>2012 US Open &#8211; Final &#8211; MURRAY won 7-6 [12-10] 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2<\/p>\n<p>2012 Shanghai Masters &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 5-7 7-6 [13-11] 6-3<\/p>\n<p>2012 ATP Finals &#8211; Round-robin &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 4-6 6-3 7-5<\/p>\n<p>2013 Australian Open &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-7 [2-7] 7-6 [7-3] 6-3 6-2<\/p>\n<p>2013 Wimbledon &#8211; Final &#8211; MURRAY won 6-4 7-5 6-4<\/p>\n<p>2014 Miami Open &#8211; Quarter-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 7-5 6-3<\/p>\n<p>2014 US Open &#8211; Quarter-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 7-6 [7-1] 6-7 [1-7] 6-2 6-4<\/p>\n<p>2014 China Open &#8211; Semi-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-3 6-4<\/p>\n<p>2014 Paris Masters &#8211; Quarter-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 7-5 6-2<\/p>\n<p>2015 Australian Open &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 7-6 [7-5] 6-7 [4-7] 6-3 6-0<\/p>\n<p>2015 Indian Wells Open &#8211; Semi-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-2 6-3<\/p>\n<p>2015 Miami Open &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 7-6 [7-3] 4-6 6-0<\/p>\n<p>2015 French Open &#8211; Semi-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-3 6-3 5-7 5-7 6-1<\/p>\n<p>2015 Canadian Open &#8211; Final &#8211; MURRAY won 6-4 4-6 6-3<\/p>\n<p>2015 Shanghai Masters &#8211; Semi-finals &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-1 6-3<\/p>\n<p>2015 Paris Masters &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-2 6-4<\/p>\n<p>2016 Australian Open &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-1 7-5 7-6 [7-3]<\/p>\n<p>2016 Madrid Open &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-2 3-6 6-3<\/p>\n<p>2016 Italian Open &#8211; Final &#8211; MURRAY won 6-3 6-3<\/p>\n<p>2016 French Open &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4<\/p>\n<p>2016 ATP Finals &#8211; Final &#8211; MURRAY won 6-3 6-4<\/p>\n<p>2017 Qatar Open &#8211; Final &#8211; DJOKOVIC won 6-3 5-7 6-4<\/p>\n<p>2022 Madrid Open &#8211; Last 16 &#8211; DJOKOVIC won via walkover<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Murray has explained the difficulty he faced with the technical aspect of coaching his former rival Novak&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[7578,49,48,7579,2083,82,593],"class_list":["post-6902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-andy-murray","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-coaching","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}