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John McEnroe jokes on Murray-Djokovic pairing: ‘He’s gonna find out everything he needs to know about Djokovic and come back’ | Tennis News

John McEnroe jokes on Murray-Djokovic pairing: ‘He’s gonna find out everything he needs to know about Djokovic and come back’ | Tennis News

The Grand Slam start sure was a stutter. But Novak Djokovic eventually prevailed 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 against Indian origin American teen, Nishesh Basavareddy. A seagull stopped his serve hilariously and he seemed to enjoy having Andy Murray in his corner, as he switched gears at a flick. The coaching partnership though, drew dramatic guffaws and a conspiracy theory from American legend John McEnroe. Speaking on Eurosport with Tim Henman in the studio, McEnroe said the straight-talking Scotsman infact had sinister intentions behind taking up the job. He was joking, it would appear. “It’s fun but it’s gotta be the craziest thing I’ve heard. I was in Australia when I was told Murray was gonna be coached by my great rival and nemesis from way back, Ivan Lendl. I thought of it as ‘God this is gonna work but there is a big age gap.,” he recalled of his reservations back then. On the Murray-Djokovic situation however, he said the older 37-year-old had different plans and was in fact going to launch his own coneback. …

How Andy Murray was persuaded to coach Novak Djokovic 20 minutes after telling golfing partner, ‘can’t think of anything worse than coaching to do right now’ | Tennis News

How Andy Murray was persuaded to coach Novak Djokovic 20 minutes after telling golfing partner, ‘can’t think of anything worse than coaching to do right now’ | Tennis News

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray first crossed paths as 12-year-olds, but one coaching the other wasn’t in anyone’s wildest imaginations. Murray in fact said he had waved aside the idea just 30 minutes before taking up the Djokovic offer in November. Speaking at length to BBC Sport, Murray recalled, “I was playing golf, and we’d been exchanging messages. Novak had messaged me, just wanting to chat. Then I was on the 17th hole of the golf course and the guy I was playing with said: ‘Do you know what’s next?’. I was like: ‘No, not really’. He said: ‘Do you have any plans to do any coaching?’ And I said, ‘Honestly, I can’t think of anything worse to do right now’.” Adding ge just could not turn down the unique opportunity to coach long-time rival at the upcoming Australian Open, he told BBC: “Then 30 minutes later, I was in the car and called Novak, and we had a conversation.” The duo would trial out the arrangement at Spain in December before Melbourne this week. …