Murray to educate Djokovic in Indian Wells and Miami

Novak Djokovic may have previous rival Andy Murray again in his teaching nook as he makes an attempt to win the Indian Wells title for the primary time in virtually a decade.

Murray’s administration crew confirmed the 37-year-old Scot had flown to California on Monday to proceed his teaching association with the Serbian 24-times Grand Slam champion.

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employed Murray forward of this 12 months’s Australian Open and reached the semi-final earlier than being compelled to retire towards Alexander Zverev due to an damage.

Murray returns to Djokovic’s teaching setup

His solely match since then was a defeat by Italian Matteo Berrettini in Doha final month when Murray was not current.

Djokovic is scheduled to compete at each Indian Wells and Miami – often called the Sunshine Double – for the primary time since 2019.

He’s the joint report holder for titles at each Masters Sequence occasions with 5 at Indian Wells and 6 at Miami, tied with Roger Federer and Andre Agassi respectively. He has not gained both title, nevertheless, since 2016.

Three-times Grand Slam champion Murray retired final 12 months after the Paris Olympics and stunned the tennis world when he introduced he could be teaching Djokovic in Australia.

Talking in Qatar final month, Djokovic stated: “It’s indefinite when it comes to how lengthy we’re going to work collectively however we agreed we’re going to work most certainly within the States after which some clay-court tournaments and see the way it goes after.”

Indian Wells begins this week with Miami on March 19.