Novak Djokovic will continue working with Andy Murray during the Sunshine Double, although their collaboration wasn’t initially guaranteed.
Djokovic and Murray began their partnership in November 2024. Since then, they have completed the Australian Open together, which, while a relative success, fell short of Djokovic’s expectations given his 24 Grand Slam titles.
When announcing their collaboration, they agreed to reassess it after the Australian Open, and that process took place.
Their collaboration will continue at the 2025 Indian Wells Open, though Djokovic revealed that the decision to continue working together was not a certainty.
The 37-year-old Serbian expressed his eagerness to continue. He told Murray immediately after the Australian Open that he wanted to keep their partnership going.
“I mean, for me personally I want to keep going, like the same day we finished the tournament, so I told him that.”
Murray needed to reflect on the decision, not due to a lack of desire to coach Djokovic, but because it was a new situation for him.
During his pre-tournament press conference, Djokovic shared that Murray consulted with his family and ultimately decided to continue working with him.
“But for him, it took some time to go back and reflect on the partnership, speak to his people, his family, and see how committed he wants to be and where he can travel with me and, you know, work in terms of the schedule.”
Once Murray made his choice, Djokovic was pleased to hear the news. They agreed to work together for the Sunshine Double and the clay-court season.
“So I was very glad when he decided to keep going, Indian Wells, Miami, and yeah, most of the clay court season. We’re going to speak after Miami, obviously, but I think the plan is to go all the way till the end of Roland Garros, I think, and hopefully Wimbledon, as well.”
Djokovic expressed his hope to have Murray in his corner at Wimbledon, acknowledging Murray’s prowess as one of the best grass-court players in history.
Overall, the current ATP World No. 7 is enjoying his collaboration with Murray, finding value in their shared experience.
“I’m enjoying the relationship with Andy. I still feel like we are going through the process of getting to know each other on the court in a different way than we have known each other for 25 years. So it’s obviously a new role for him.”
“He’s also exploring it and trying to understand how he can excel in it. I’m trying to communicate as much as I can on the court, off the court, for us to be able to connect better.”
“I think we had a great tournament, great run in Australia. I like the way I played, to be honest. It was unfortunate to finish the tournament the way I did it, but it was an injury issue.”
