John McEnroe jokes on Murray-Djokovic pairing: ‘He’s gonna find out everything he needs to know about Djokovic and come back’ | Tennis News

The Grand Slam start sure was a stutter. But Novak Djokovic eventually prevailed 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 against Indian origin American teen, Nishesh Basavareddy. A seagull stopped his serve hilariously and he seemed to enjoy having Andy Murray in his corner, as he switched gears at a flick.
The coaching partnership though, drew dramatic guffaws and a conspiracy theory from American legend John McEnroe. Speaking on Eurosport with Tim Henman in the studio, McEnroe said the straight-talking Scotsman infact had siner intentions behind taking up the job. He was joking, it would appear.
“It’s fun but it’s gotta be the craziest thing I’ve heard. I was in Australia when I was told Murray was gonna be coached my great rival and nemesis from way back, Ivan Lendl. I thought of it as ‘God this is gonna work but there is a big age gap.,” he recalled of his reservations back then.
On the Murray-Djokovic situation however, he said the older 37-year-old had different plans and was in fact going to launch his own coneback. “There is a one week age gap between Novak and Andy and he just stopped playing,” McEnroe mused. ‘So my theory is, Murray is gonna coach Djokovic to the next couple of months. Then he’s gonna find out everything he needs to know about Djokovic and he’s gonna come back.”
The duo have played each other 36 times, with Djokovic winning 25 times, and Murray 11. The Serb leads the Scot 8-2 in finals.
However the wild speculation of a Murray comeback drew a shake of head from Tim Henman in the Eurosport studio. …”Where do I start….” Henman said.

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