John McEnroe believes Andy Murray could come out of retirement once he’s done working with Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.
The tennis legend hung up his racket back in the summer after playing doubles with Dan Evans at the Paris Olympics.
Murray’s final few years in tennis were difficult, with the Briton suffering injury issues that prevented him from playing at the peak of his powers.
He is currently working with Djokovic at the Australia Open, with the Serb hoping to win a record 25th Grand Slam title Down Under.
Andy Murray is currently working with Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open
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Yet McEnroe thinks Murray could actually come out of retirement and has suggested he’s only working with Djokovic so he can understand how to beat the 24-time Grand Slam winner.
“The coaching situation between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, it’s fun but it’s got to be one of the craziest things I’ve ever heard,” he told Eurosport.
“I remember being in Australia and hearing that Andy Murray was being coached by Ivan Lendl, my great rival and nemesis from way back when, and I thought about it and said, ‘Oh my God, this is going to work’… But there’s a big age gap.
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“There’s a one week age gap between Novak and Andy and he just stopped playing.
“My theory is, Andy’s going to coach Novak for the next couple of months, and then he’s going to find out everything he needs to know about how to beat Djokovic and then he’s coming back!”
Tim Henman has also reacted to Djokovic and Murray working together.
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He said: “It’s such early days, they’ve only had a few weeks to practice and straight into a Grand Slam.
“It’ll be interesting to see how Djokovic plays and if Murray has any impact on his game, and see how the relationship evolves.
“I don’t think I’ve got any of those answers, but we’ll have to wait and see.”
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Murray and Djokovic faced each other 36 times during the Briton’s playing days.
The Serb beat his close friend in four Australian Open finals, preventing Murray from adding to his own haul in the process.
Murray insists Djokovic will establish himself as the greatest sportsman of all time if he’s able to win an 11th Australian Open title this winter.
Andy Murray believes Novak Djokovic will become the greatest athlete of all time if he wins the Australian Open this winter
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“Novak has in the last few years cemented himself as the best tennis player of all time with the records he’s achieved,” he said.
“These next couple of years, if he can go out as a 38, 39-year-old and win more slams, and beat Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in big matches, he’s got a claim to be the best athlete of all time and that’s exciting for me and his team to be part of.
“In my opinion, from watching his matches last year, there was at times a little bit missing.”