Andy Murray will return to Wimbledon as an expert instead of a coach after ending his six -month partnership with Novak Djokovic.
The former tennis rivals yesterday issued a joint statement to announce that they would “no longer work together”.
It was announced 12 days before the start of the French Open in Paris and seven weeks earlier Wimbledon.
MuzzaThat Thursday 38 will retire last summer and this surprise split means that the star established in Surrey is now ready to give expert analysis on TV.
But he admitted that he “I didn’t enjoy” like a SW19 commentator For the BBC when he tried the role seven years ago after his first hip surgery.
The Gras-Court tournament remains the jewel in the crown of the Beeb sports cover and costs £ 60 million annually.
And working for the BBC is a very lucrative company America’s triple singles champion John Mcenroe66, according to BBC accounts, it was paid between £ 195,000 £ 199k for his punditry role in 2024.
Asked about his experience of 2018 by Beeb Icon Sue Barker Last year Murray replied: “I didn’t do it [enjoy it] But not because of the people I did it with.“
He also moaned that “the The comment box was small – it was long to be there “.
And to make his feelings clear, the shot added: “I didn’t really enjoy it, to be honest.”
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Both Wimbledon and the Murray camp refused to comment when they are approached by Sunsport, but the line-up of 2025 will be announced in the coming weeks.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Muzza stopped the sport after the Olympic Games in Paris while injuries caught up with him.
And since then he has spent a lot of his free time to improve his golf swing.
It followed a trip to the range last November that Murray received an unexpected call from his old opponent, with whom he was confronted 36 times, asking if he depicted his temporary coach.
Murray, a former world no. 1, first trained with Djokovic, 38 next week, before Christmas and was then in his corner during the Australian Open in January.
That turned out to be a pretty successful assignment when the Serbian reached the semi -final before he wounded.
Murray said: “Thanks to Novak for the incredible opportunity to work together and thanks to his team for all their hard work over the past six months.”
DjokovicThe last game was a shock when he lost in right sets to World No 44 Matteo Arnaldi in the Madrid Open.
The 24-way Grand Slam Champion said: “Thank you, coach Andy, for all hard work, pleasure and support in the past six months.
“On and next to the field I really enjoyed deepening our friendship together.”
When Murray picks up the microphone, he hopes to see entertainment as well as the competition he saw in 2018 – the MAnd’s quarterfinals in between Rafael Nadal And Juan Martin del Potro.
After calling his tight commentary position, he added: “But the game was incredible – Nadal V del Potro, it was about four and a half hours of amazing tennis.”
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