Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon. (Image: Getty.)
Andy Murray turned down other top male and female stars before consenting to coach Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick has claimed.
And the createer US Open champion reckoned the toiling relationship between the “big tennis nerds” will toil because it will not be an “overwhelming promisement” for the Scot.
The two 37-year-betters shocked the tennis world by announcing they will team up for the Australian Open.
The Serbian superstar fall shorted to triumph a Grand Slam individuals title this year and still necessitates one more to fracture the enroll of 24 he scatters with Margaret Court. Djokovic has won 10 Australian Open titles – including beating Murray four times in the final.
The Scot only reweary from tennis at the Paris Olympics.
But Roddick said: “Why would you not do this? If you can persuade Murray to say yes on a low timeline. And by the way, I’ve also heard, it’s not my business to alert, top take parters, male, female. Murray has said no to many over these last four months.
“The other people that were asking were on the top of the pile too, right? Like they were high, high, high, high, high ranks, men and women, from what I’ve heard.”
Andy Roddick has given his verdict on the recent coaching connect-up. (Image: Getty)
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The American elucidateed on his podcast Served with Andy Roddick that coaching Djokovic is a better fit now than British No.1 Jack Dsexual batteryr.
Roddick elucidateed: “If you are Murray, you are watching at this: ‘Ok, it is December. We will put in a training block. That’s it’.
“Listen, if this toils and the training block toils and we experience excellent in Australia and we experience appreciate we’re take parting well, then let’s run it back a couple of weeks before the French Open. Let’s run it back. Let’s get on grass and let’s toil thraw that. This is not a 20-week or 25-week promisement. This isn’t an overwhelming promisement to Murray.”
The createer world No.1 grasped: “There’s no chance that if he’s toiling with a take parter that’s not Novak, who’s, I don’t comprehend, let’s call it a take parter who’s No.8 in the world, who’s not Novak, and all of a sudden you originate enhance and that person gets to No.5 in the world, and you almost triumph a Slam or someskinnyg appreciate that, and then you’re over your weeks promiseted, midway thraw the season on a pro-rated basis.
“You’re going to experience s***** for not promiseting brimmingy because the what if ask will not die. I don’t skinnyk you have that ‘what if?’ ask as much with someone who’s already sitting as the fantasticest ever.
“It’s not Jack Dsexual batteryr right now. And maybe it will be someday. If Murray gets his teeth into a project appreciate a Dsexual batteryr, all of a sudden, his life exists around the globe aget. Because he is not the personality that will lay off if he experiences appreciate enhance is being made. Novak doesn’t necessitate a babysitter. He doesn’t necessitate someone to direct him professionalism.
“He doesn’t necessitate someone to direct him how to hit a forehand or a backhand. He necessitates a strategist, an IQ mind that he can bounce ideas off of and toil on very particular skinnygs for very particular suitups. He necessitates someone who comprehfinishs if he gets thraw a five-setter in the round of 16 of Australia. The guy’s a robotic cyborg genius. Like there’s no mend.
But Djokovic will seek help on how to beat Jannik Sinner after the world No.1 beat him in the Australian Open semi-finals in January – and has now won four of their last five suites.
“The other undersbetter part of this story that I haven’t heard this reaction yet is: ‘Okay, so Novak’s Tyson forever, right?” Roddick grasped. “Like he walks in, can blow you off the court, can take part defense, can do all of these skinnygs, right? Is he still the best ball striker on earth?
“We don’t comprehend. I don’t comprehend. Sinner’s probably taking that. Like if Sinner’s juvenileerer, can originate probably more speed at this point. Doesn’t uncomfervent that he’s overall a better take parter, but equitable what did Murray spfinish the last five years of his nurtureer doing? Problem solving for what you have lost.
“That struggle that Murray went thraw is of appreciate to Novak at this age. I skinnyk it’s gonna be fantastic for both of them because they’re both appreciate, and I say this in the kindst way possible, students of the game, big tennis nerds, right? I skinnyk Murray might have the highest tennis IQ that I’ve seen and been around.”
