"I still have big plans": Novak Djokovic reveals reason behind hiring Andy Murray as coach for 2025 season

Serbia’s legendary tennis star Novak Djokovic has revealed the primary reason behind hiring former world number one Andy Murray as his coach for the 2025 season. The 37-year-old is already regarded as the greatest player in the history of men’s tennis in the singles category in the Open era, having won as many as 24 Grand Slam titles.

Djokovic has recently participated in an interesting campaign. For the first time in seven years, the Belgrade-born star failed to win a single Grand Slam in a season. Not only that, but he also failed any ATP event in the 2024 season as well. It was because of this that Djokovic decided to hire former world number one Murray as his new coach.

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The decision was a surprising one as the 37-year-old, who is often regarded as the greatest British player in the history of men’s tennis after winning three Grand Slams and two gold Olympic gold medals, recently retired from the sport in 2024 after taking part in the Paris Olympics where he featured in the doubles category with Dan Evans.

Djokovic has been recently quoted in a report where he talked about the reasons behind hiring his former rival. The former world number one was of the opinion that hiring Murray was a strategic decision as he is still looking to win more Grand Slams in the near future. The 24-time Grand Slam winner also stated that he feels his body is doing well and that he feels ready enough to ‘keep going’.

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“I still will try to go strong because I feel like my body is serving me well,” he said. “I still have motivation to win Grand Slams, make more history. That’s one of the biggest reasons why I asked Andy to work with me, because I still have big plans, so as long as that’s the case, I will keep going.”

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