"They’re all together, they have a lot of experience": Andy Murray a cog in the Novak Djokovic overall machine says recent coach

Tuesday, 26 November 2024 at 12:33

Nenad Zimonjic took on the role of helping to coach Novak Djokovic when he suddenly broke up with Goran Ivanisevic after six years. Now he finally has a new coach in the form of Andy Murray in a pretty interesting move.

Zimonjic spoke after the appointment and said that Murray will work well as he is a cog in the overall machine instead of being the main coach and they all work together.

As well as underlining the jeopardy that comes with it that can easily be fixed if it goes wrong. That being that he is only coach until the end of the Australian Open at this point.

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"Novak is a very smart guy in making decisions and his career is proof of that," said Zimonjic to Ubitennis.

"Whenever he needed something really special in terms of coach and help, he reached out. The results are proof of that and I would say that he knows the best.

"They [Djokovic and Murray] know each other quite well and they’ve been playing against each other or together since they were kids. They have a similar style.

"Tactically, Andy was one of the best guys. so he can help him with a different view and different perspectives. This is something new for Andy.

"All the experience that he had with the different coaches in the past and him being a player going through similar situations on his own, it can definitely help."

Rivals now together on one coaching team.

"Andy is going to be one of the team members there, they’re all together. They have a lot of experience.

"The whole team together with Novak and to have Andy as an addition, I think, can work out well."

"This is something that is going to be new for everybody, that’s probably why they agreed to work through the Australian Open and see how that goes and if it fits well," added Zimonjic.

"They could continue working together but it might depend on how much Andy wants to travel as well after playing for so many years. I wish them good luck.

"I was a good friend with Andy and I practiced many times with him and even had the chance to play doubles with him in a couple of tournaments. It’s exciting to see and I’m looking forward to what’s to come."

Novak Djokovic and his coach Andy Murray have reached Melbourne early to train for the upcoming Australian Open.

Here is a clip from their first practice session pic.twitter.com/WKyHpShHkz
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