Andy Murray says whether he now regrets deciding to coach Novak Djokovic and if he actually enjoyed it

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic shocked the tennis world when they formed an unlikely partnership, which came to an end in May.

Djokovic thanked Murray for their time together after the coaching split, which arrived just before the French Open.

The two ATP legends decided to work with one another before the Australian Open, where Djokovic reached the semi-finals before retiring hurt.

He reached the same stage of the French Open before losing to world number one Jannik Sinner, with Djokovic now into the quarter-finals of Wimbledon.

The Serbian takes on another Italian in Flavio Cobolli next as he continues his bid to win an eighth Wimbledon title and 25th Grand Slam title.

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Andy Murray says if he regrets coaching Novak Djokovic

Meanwhile, Murray will be honoured with a Wimbledon statue, having won the Grand Slam twice during his career.

And the Scot has now shared insight into his coaching stint with Djokovic, speaking during a golf challenge with his brother Jamie Murray, golfer Ian Poulter and his son Luke Poulter.

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Discussing if he enjoyed coaching, Murray said on The Postman: “Initially I did. I think I will enjoy it more in the future.

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“It was a good opportunity for me, I was not planning on going into coaching because I wanted to be at home.

“But it was also a pretty unique opportunity to go and do that with him and spend time around him and try and learn a bit from him as well.

“If I said no now I wouldn’t have got a chance in a couple of years. He might be finished. So I am glad I did it but I didn’t love it. I wouldn’t go back into doing it straight away.”

Andy Murray responds when asked why he didn’t love coaching Novak Djokovic

Murray made a very quick transition into coaching, agreeing to link up with Djokovic in November having only retired in August.

They went from fierce rivals to partners, with Murray enjoying his surprise and ultimately brief spell as Djokovic’s coach.

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Asked why he didn’t love it, he replied: “The thing that was different and when I was playing I didn’t appreciate as much is how much the team does away from the practice court.

“We are spending most of our day talking about Novak and how he’s feeling, how he’s playing, what should he be doing tomorrow, what he should be working on, is he eating and sleeping well and all of the communication around it.

“So I enjoyed learning about that side of things and also communicating. His team are all from different backgrounds and countries and cultures.

“Having to communicate with them I quite enjoyed. I probably wasn’t amazing at it because it was new to me but I did quite like that.”

While Murray may be considering his next challenge, Djokovic is firmly focused on progressing at Wimbledon.

Should he overcome Cobolli, Sinner is a potential semi-final opponent, while yet another final with Alcaraz is also on the cards.

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