Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Friday 02 May 2025 at 4:16 p.m.
Amélie Mauresmo returned to a podcast over the two years during which she had taken Andy Murray under her wing. The former champion admits that she did not expect the Ecossais to become the coach of Novak Djokovic.
If nobody would be surprised today to see Novak Djokovic continue to bet in the future on Andy Murray – there is today a question that the collaboration continues until the next Wimbledon – the arrival of the Ecossais in the box of the former world number 1, with a first real experience during the last Australian Open in January (editor’s note: injured against Alcaraz, the Serb Semi-final which opposed him to Alexander Zverev), had surprised a lot of people, including among the specialists. And not least. Amélie Mauresmo, who knows Murray perfectly for having trained her for almost two years, admits today with hindsight that she did not expect to see the double winner of Wimbledon, dad of four children, put on this role of coach with the “goat”. Not because it was a question of the “Djoker” or because she did not imagine her ex-protégégé going on the other side of the barrier, but due to the fact that the Briton had just put an end to his player career.
Mauresmo: “Andy likes challenges, he is curious about everything”
“I thought he would embark on coaching, but not so early. Especially because of his family, to be honest. I couldn’t see him traveling again, even if he was traveling less than when he played, but I couldn’t see him traveling as much with his four children,” said the former French champion in a podcast, who recognizes that she was “surprised”, but “not shocked.” “Because it is something that looks like both of them,” continued the current director of Roland-Garros, recalling that Murray was not the type to go back to a challenge, and whatsoever. So when there is also a question of one of his loved ones … “He is curious about everything, he loves challenges (…) and the friendship they have is perhaps something Novak needed.” And today, the story still lasts.
