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Tumaini Carayol

Andy Murray returns to coach old rival Novak Djokovic for Australian Open

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon’s Aorangi Park practice courts in June 2024
Andy Murray (left) and Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon’s Aorangi Park practice courts in June 2024. Now they will be working together. Photograph: Adam Stoltman/Alamy

During Andy Murray’s emotional retirement ceremony this summer at Wimbledon, his interviewer, Sue Barker, wondered whether Murray would be keen to return purely as a spectator. She noted he had many options; a spot among the club members, an invitation into the royal box or even the commentary booth.

Murray, however, had other thoughts: “I’d probably be more comfortable sitting up there in a coaching box than somewhere else,” he said, pointing to the seats his own coaching team occupied.

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