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Murray to coach Djokovic at Australian Open
Andy Murray will coach his long-time former rival Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open in 2025.
Britain’s three-time Grand Slam champion Murray retired from tennis in August after a 19-year career.
Former world number one Murray said he was “looking forward to spending time on the same side of the net as Novak for a change”.
The pair will work together in the off-season and in the build-up to the Australian Open, which takes place 12-26 January.
This will be Murray’s first coaching role since retiring from playing.
Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champion, has won the Australian Open a record 10 times and beat Murray in four finals in Melbourne.
The Serb posted a video on X of clips of the two, jokingly titled: “He never liked retirement anyway.”
“We played each other since we were boys, 25 years of being rivals, of pushing each other beyond our limits,” Djokovic said.