Andy Roddick drops bombshell revelation about Novak Djokovic-Andy Murray pairing
Andy Roddick made a huge revelation about the Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray partnership as the 2003 US Open champion shares he was told that the newly retired Briton rejected multiple offers from “top male and female” players before accepting the Serb’s invitation to work with him.
After missing the Paris Masters and ATP Finals, the record 24-time Grand Slam champion made all the headlines on Saturday after announcing the former two-time Wimbledon winner as his coach for the Australian Open.
To no one’s surprise, it drew major attention and excitement but also some logical questions. While Murray recently hinted that he would be open to coaching one day, no one really expected him to get into it this early. And especially no one expected to see the former world No. 1 working with Djokovic.
But according to Roddick’s sources, the Briton was seemingly getting offers since basically ending his career in early August.
“I’ve heard that top players, male and female, Andy Murray has said no to many over these last four months,” the American former world No. 1 said on the Served with Andy Roddick.
Tennis journalist Jon Wertheim, who was also on the podcast, said that those close to the former three-time Grand Slam champion told the 37-year-old that he simply could not pass on the offer to work with Djokovic.
“I’ll add a little on that, but apparently, I’ve heard the same thing. This is not the first player that has reached out to Andy, and Andy’s family unit basically said, ‘You are going to regret it if you don’t do this.’ It’s also in Australia right, this isn’t like, hey we’ll do this at Wimbledon, ‘I’m going to be outside anyway,’ I mean this is flying across oceans and time zones and I was told that people very close to Andy Murray have simply said, ‘We know you too well, we know you are going to regret it if you say no to this. Go ahead and see how it goes,'” Wertheim said.
