Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have started working together ahead of the 2025 Australian Open. The former Scottish champion was not present in Brisbane last week due to a holiday with his family, but he joined the Serbian legend at Melbourne Park and started giving him his advice before the start of the Happy Slam.
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The 24-time Grand Slam champion has practiced with Carlos Alcaraz in recent days and won the practice set 7-5. Despite losing to Reilly Opelka in the Brisbane ATP 250 quarterfinals, Nole has looked in good shape in these early days of 2025 and will be very dangerous for everyone at the Australian Open.
Djokovic and Murray collaborate
During his practice session with Alcaraz in Melbourne, insiders were able to notice the differences between Juan Carlos Ferrero's coaching method and Murray's. While Ferrero and Carlitos speak very little between rallies, Andy and Novak often exchange their opinions.
The two former rivals exchanged their ideas especially regarding Nole's forehand, who is trying to be more aggressive with this shot. The former world number 1 realized that he had to change something in his game in order to compete against opponents much younger than him and win the 25th Major title of his glorious career.
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Shortly before the start of the 2025 AO, Murray paid tribute to Djokovic: "Novak is not just one of the best tennis players of all time, he is one of the best athletes of all time. I expected him to be an extremely hard worker, very diligent, always looking to improve. So, it's as I expected, and looking forward to competing now.
The current world No.7 will not have an easy path in Melbourne and will have to play at his best to have a chance of lifting the trophy on Sunday, January 26.
Nole has already shocked the world many times during his career and will try to achieve a new feat, which would be truly titanic at almost 38 years old.
