MELBOURNE/STARNBERG, January 26, 2025

Andy Murray made his coaching debut at this year’s Australian Open, consistently present in Novak Djokovic‘s coaching box after the two teamed up at the start of the year.

This marks Murray’s first venture into coaching since retiring from professional tennis in August. A perfectionist by nature, he acknowledges that there is still much for him to learn in his new role.

“I always knew that I would enjoy coaching,” Murray said. “I never thought otherwise, but there’s things that I’ve learned about coaching that was maybe a bit different than what I expected.

“There’s certainly areas of coaching that I will need to get better at moving forwards and learn a bit more about – for example, the technical side of the game.

“I’ve enjoyed the analysis. I enjoyed the matches and sitting at the side and trying to understand a bit better what’s going on, and seeing maybe how you could help a bit from the side.

“Preparing for the matches and those things is very interesting to me. I like that side of things.

So it’s been some things that I’ve enjoyed and felt like I’ve done well, and other parts that I need to work on and probably wasn’t so good at.”

Djokovic and Murray plan to evaluate their partnership after an injury prematurely ended the Serbian’s quest for a 25th Grand Slam title in Melbourne.