Djokovic does not give up: now he hires Andy Murray as coach

Well no, he Big Three it doesn’t turn off.

Not for now.

True, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the other two members of the magnificent trident, are no longer here.

But the third, the statistically greatest (supported by his 24 Grand Slam titles and his recent individual Olympic title), does not bow his head. Novak Djokovic (37) is determined to take another step: one more year, it is said, one more year now that the other two are gone.

And it is entrusted to Andy Murray.

In other times, not that long ago, the Big Three had been the Big Four. And Andy Murray (37) had been that fourth element.

In 2012, Murray had also settled up there, along with the other three, blessed by his Olympic gold in London, a (Scottish) prophet in his land, and then he had grown even more, already in 2016, when he was awarded his second crown at Wimbledon (he had already won in 2013; in total, he won three Grand Slam titles) and his second Olympic gold and he rose to the ATP leadership.

The experts applauded him. In the circles, times of even greater glory were predicted for him. And? Those times were going to be blown away by the wind. The hips ruined Murray. He has had two surgeries in these eight years, two prostheses that have definitely weighed him down, although he has not given up yet: he did not do so until this year, when he finally announced his goodbye to the elite, then he had already fallen from the best, barely in the Top 50.

“He has never wanted to retire,” Novak Djokovic wrote in X today.

And this is how the Serbian talent announced to the world that Murray, once his adventure partner in the Big Fourand also his rival on the tennis courts (25-11 for Djokovic are in their direct duels; the statistics include 19 circuit finals), will now be his coach.

The news amazes fans of the discipline, as it resizes the figure of both: even though they are almost forty years old, neither of them gives up. Murray remains on the front line and Djokovic communicates that this was not all.

Building on his 24 Grand Slam titles, as many as Margaret Court, the Serbian intends to claim one more, to become the human being – man or woman – with the most titles. The challenge starts at the end of January, with the first rackets of 2025: that is when the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the tennis season, begins.

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