Novak Djokovic did not ship a convincing reply to Zheng Qinwen when requested about Andy Murray and the Briton made certain to let the Serb hear it.
On Thursday, the report 24-time Grand Slam champion teamed up with the Chinese language tennis star for a charity blended doubles match versus the newly retired Briton and Victoria Azarenka.
Whereas they had been conducting on-court interviews, Zheng requested Djokovic if he had already discovered one thing new from his new coach.
Zheng Qinwen© X screenshot
“Uh… yeah,” the 37-year-old responded.
Murray wasn’t that impressed with the response, telling his former rival: “That wasn’t very convincing.”
The previous world No. 1 then defended himself by stating that it was “a confidential” factor, saying: “It’s confidential I’m sorry. I cannot share.”
Djokovic jokingly pleaded with Zheng to not goal Murray
At one level throughout the match, the Serbian funnily pleaded with the WTA world No. 5 to not hit or injure his new coach.
“Just don’t hit my coach please. Anything else is allowed,” the 37-year-old mentioned.
In the meantime, Murray revealed some particulars about his partnership with Djokovic.
When addressing what led to their collaboration, the previous two-time Wimbledon champion admitted that he was excited concerning the thought of them working collectively but additionally confirmed that the Australian Open will function a take a look at and solely then they may make a definitive transfer with their partnership.
“I believed it will be a good suggestion to strive it collectively, and spend a while within the low season by Australia and see the way it goes for each of us, as a result of it’s just a little bit totally different. It’s not the same old sort of set-up,” the former world No. 1 explained.
“So it made sense to trial it and see if it really works. After which we mentioned we’d make a extra definitive determination after the match.”
Within the ideally suited situation, Djokovic will win the Australian Open so he and Murray will not have a tough time deciding what to do with their collaboration.
