‘Andy Murray mentioned no to many…’: Roddick makes bombshell revelation after Novak Djokovic appoints arch-rival as coach

Murray retired after the Paris Olympics this yr, the place Djokovic gained gold. The Serbian cut up with Goran Ivanisevic in March, and has now turned to Murray in his bid for his twenty fifth Grand Slam title.

In line with Andy Roddick, Murray received loads of gives earlier than Djokovic, however rejected all. “I’ve heard that high gamers, female and male, Andy Murray has mentioned no to many over these final 4 months,” he mentioned.

In the meantime, tennis journalist Jon Wertheim, who was additionally current within the podcast, mentioned, “I am going to add just a little on that, however apparently, I’ve heard the identical factor. This isn’t the primary participant that has reached out to Andy, and Andy’s household unit mainly mentioned, ‘You’re going to remorse it in the event you do not do that.’ It is also in Australia proper, this is not like, hey we’ll do that at Wimbledon, ‘I will be exterior anyway,’ I imply that is flying throughout oceans and time zones and I used to be advised that individuals very near Andy Murray have merely mentioned, ‘We all know you too nicely, we all know you’re going to remorse it in the event you say no to this. Go forward and see the way it goes.”

“And the opposite individuals asking had been on the highest of the pile too. They had been excessive, excessive, high-ranked women and men,” Roddick added.

In an announcement by Olympics.com, Djokovic welcomed Murray, and mentioned, “We performed one another since we had been boys. Twenty-five years of being rivals, of pushing one another past our limits. We had a number of the most epic battles in our sport. They referred to as us sport changers, threat takers, and historical past makers. I assumed our story could also be over. It seems, it has one ultimate chapter. It is time for considered one of my hardest opponents to step into my nook. Welcome on board coach Andy Murray.”