Murray: "Djokovic Asked Me for A Lot of Technical Information and I Didn't Feel Very Comfortable"

Raquel Bermúdez Rodríguez | 17 Jul 2025 | 21.22

Andy Murray explains the problems he had with Novak Djokovic as coach. Photo: Getty

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It has been over a year since Andy Murray hung up his racket for good. An emotional farewell at the most special stadium of his career, Wimbledon's Centre Court. In these twelve months, far from staying on the sidelines, the Scot decided to stay involved in the circuit in some way as the coach of Novak Djokovic, although this relationship recently ended.

Andy gave an interview to The Tennis Mentor where he looked back from a significantly different perspective on some key moments of his career, in addition to discussing his rivalry with the Big 3 and the most important lessons that tennis has taught him over all these years.

"One thing about tennis is that it's tough, but with great lessons. Most weeks, you end up losing tournaments. Even the best players, if they play 20 tournaments in a year and win five of them, it's a great season. The other weeks, you end up with a defeat, but I would say one of the matches where I felt most humiliated was at the O2 Arena, in the final of the ATP Finals."

His toughest experience

"I can't remember if it was 6-0 5-0, it was definitely 6-0 3-0 before winning my first game, and it could have been 6-0 5-0 against Federer. He was playing very well and I very poorly. It was at home, in a huge stadium. I think it was the only time in my career when I expected to win a match. I definitely felt humiliated that day."

His role as a coach

"You learn a lot about your weaknesses. I think for many former players, being a player and a coach is very different, something I expected. Obviously, when you work with someone at that level, you probably discover your strengths, but also your weaknesses as a coach.

Most former players are rather weak in the technical aspect of the game. Sometimes, Novak asked me for a lot of technical information and I didn't feel very comfortable with it. In terms of how to teach the technique to someone, I think coaches who work with younger players and are used to doing so are actually stronger than many coaches working on the circuit, because once a player reaches 20, 22 years old, you're not trying to overhaul their game and technique."

His future

"It's about small changes here and there, so that's definitely something that, if I were to coach in the future, I would like to work on and learn from someone who is very good at it," confessed a Murray who would like to take on this role again in the future, but with a young British prospect.

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