Novak Djokovic is readied to play the Brisbane International for the very first time in 16 years – a huge modification that he really hopes will certainly finish his conquest dry spell Djokovic withstood an irritating year in 2024, winning a gold medal at the Olympics however falling short to catch a solitary ATP title or conquest.
It noted the very first year because 2017 (when he was hurt) in which he stopped working to win a significant, however Djokovic is wanting to recuperate at the Australian Open inJanuary The 24-time conquest champ can overtake Margaret Court for a lot of majors in background with a 25th, and in 2025 he’s doing points a little in a different way.
While Djokovic usually plays Kooyong or exhibit suits to plan for the Melbourne Park conquest, he’ll operate at the Brisbane International at the end ofDecember It will certainly note the very first time because 2009 that the Serbian celebrity plays the ATP occasion, and he’ll sign up with a star-studded line-up.
Nick Kyrgios will certainly make his return in Brisbane along with protecting champ Grigor Dimitrov, in addition to Holger Rune, Frances Tiafoe, Matteo Berrettini, Sebastian Korda, Gael Monfils, Alexei Popyrin andJordan Thompson The ATP occasion ranges from December 29 up until January 5, with the Australian Open to start 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,” event supervisor Cameron Pearson stated regarding Djokovic’s choice 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 train Novak Djokovic prior to Australian Open
As well as changing up his prep work for the Australian Open, Djokovic has actually additionally made a significant training modification. After parting methods with Goran Ivanisevic previously this year, Djokovic will certainly currently make use of retired tale Andy Murray on his training team.
Murray, that retired after the Olympics in Paris, will certainly sign up with the 24-time conquest champ in the off-season and train him with to the opening conquest occasion of 2025. “I’m going to be joining Novak’s team in the off-season, helping him to prepare for the Australian Open,” Murray stated. “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 stated: “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 in the 2012 United States Open last and once again at Wimbledon the list below year, confessed was something also he might not have actually imagined. “I was going through a process of thinking about next season in the last couple of months,” Djokovic stated last month. “I was trying to figure out what I need at this stage of my career, because I stopped with my (former) coach Goran Ivanisevic, who I was very successful with and worked for many years, in March.
“So I took around 6 months to actually consider if I require a trainer and, if of course, who that’s mosting likely to be and the account of the train. We were experiencing names and I understood that the ideal train for me now would certainly be a person that has actually been with the experiences I am experiencing, potentially a several Grand Slam champion, a previous (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
