Novak Djokovic is readied to play the Brisbane International for the very first time in 16 years – an enormous modification that he actually hopes will definitely end his conquest dry spell Djokovic withstood an irritating yr in 2024, successful a gold medal on the Olympics nevertheless falling quick to catch a solitary ATP title or conquest.
It famous the very first yr as a result of 2017 (when he was damage) through which he stopped working to win a major, nevertheless Djokovic is eager to recuperate on the Australian Open inJanuary The 24-time conquest champ can overtake Margaret Court for lots of majors in background with a twenty fifth, and in 2025 he’s doing factors a bit of otherwise.
While Djokovic normally performs Kooyong or exhibit fits to plan for the Melbourne Park conquest, he’ll function on the Brisbane International on the finish ofDecember It will definitely word the very first time as a result of 2009 that the Serbian movie star performs the ATP event, and he’ll join with a star-studded line-up.
Nick Kyrgios will definitely make his return in Brisbane together with defending champ Grigor Dimitrov, along with Holger Rune, Frances Tiafoe, Matteo Berrettini, Sebastian Korda, Gael Monfils, Alexei Popyrin andJordan Thompson The ATP event ranges from December 29 up till January 5, with the Australian Open to start out on January 12.
“He had an interrupted second half of the year. Didn’t play the world tour finals and he’s just looking at what’s his best pathway and he saw that as being Brisbane,” occasion supervisor Cameron Pearson acknowledged relating to Djokovic’s selection onWednesday “We had Roger (Federer), then Rafa (Nadal), now Novak again. We’ve been blessed here in Brisbane to have the three GOATs and you could argue Novak is the GOAT on his own.”
Andy Murray to coach Novak Djokovic previous to Australian Open
As effectively as altering up his prep work for the Australian Open, Djokovic has really moreover made a major coaching modification. After parting strategies with Goran Ivanisevic beforehand this yr, Djokovic will definitely presently make use of retired story Andy Murray on his coaching staff.
Murray, that retired after the Olympics in Paris, will definitely join with the 24-time conquest champ within the low season and prepare him with to the opening conquest event of 2025. “I’m going to be joining Novak’s team in the off-season, helping him to prepare for the Australian Open,” Murray acknowledged. “I’m really excited for it and looking forward to spending time on the same side of the net as Novak for a change, helping him to achieve his goals.”
Djokovic acknowledged: “I am excited to have one of my greatest rivals on the same side of the net, as my coach. Looking forward to start of the season and competing in Australia alongside Andy, with whom I have shared many exceptional moments on the Australian soil.”
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Djokovic, that shed to Murray within the 2012 United States Open final and as soon as once more at Wimbledon the checklist beneath yr, confessed was one thing additionally he may not have really imagined. “I was going through a process of thinking about next season in the last couple of months,” Djokovic acknowledged final month. “I used to be making an attempt to determine what I would like at this stage of my profession, as a result of I finished with my (former) coach Goran Ivanisevic, who I used to be very profitable with and labored for a few years, in March.
“So I took round 6 months to truly contemplate if I require a coach and, if after all, who that’s mosting more likely to be and the account of the prepare. We had been experiencing names and I understood that the perfect prepare for me now will surely be an individual that has really been with the experiences I’m experiencing, doubtlessly a a number of Grand Slam champion, a earlier (World) No.1
“I was thinking about different people and a discussion about Andy Murray appeared on the table with me and my team. We were like, ‘okay, I’m going to give him a call and see how it goes’. It caught him a little off guard as well because he wasn’t expecting it. We connected really fast and he accepted it after a few days. I can’t be more excited about it.”
with AAP
