Picture Andy Murray coaching Novak Djokovic in an Australian Open semi-final that included a win over Carlos Alcaraz as one of the most incredible moments of the 2025 tennis season.
Although Murray’s high-profile partnership with the Serbian icon was sabotaged by an injury to Djokovic days later and did not make it past May, we can count the star pairing as a win for tennis – and a win for Murray.
“I look back and I’m glad I did it,” Murray told The Tennis Podcast in an in-depth interview, titled “The Big Andy Murray Interview.”
“It’s an amazing experience that I’ve had. It didn’t last long, but I put everything into it. I was disappointed. I probably didn’t get the results I wanted for it,” Murray continued, during his chat with Catherine Whitaker, David Law and Matt Roberts. “It was a good opportunity because I felt like I wanted to train at some stage and if I didn’t take it, I could look back and think it would have been really interesting, I could have learned a lot, or potentially regret it… I learned a lot about what training is. I was fully invested, tried my best to help and made some good relationships along the way with his team.”
At one point, Murray lamented how he managed his playing schedule at times. The young stars of the game would do well to listen to Murray’s words and heed his regret.
What Murray would have changed
“I would have trained a little differently, I would have taken more vacations, I would have enjoyed the successes more,” he said, indicating that he would have taken more time to enjoy his life on tour and how it enriched his life. “When I won the Olympics in London, I flew the next day to Canada to play a Masters there – terrible decision. I played my first match my body was in pieces, it was on a different surface and I didn’t get anything out of it.
“That was my best week ever on a tennis court and the way I celebrated was to get on a flight. I did the same thing after Rio, got on a flight that night, flew with Nadal and went to Cincinnati and went and played there, things like that I obviously would have done differently.
“If I were to coach a player in that situation right now, I would 100 percent stop them from playing and pull them out of that situation completely. (I would tell them) ‘Let’s take a moment to appreciate what you’ve accomplished and what you’ve worked for, and let’s reset and compete in a few weeks.’
