The former world number 2 who approved the union between Djokovic and Murray

The recent news about the union between the Serbian Novak Djokovic (7th) and the British Andy Murray caught off guard more than one at the end of the current season, mainly due to the gold medalist’s lack of experience as a coach at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

However, the surprising working alliance between the former world number 1 received strong support from the Spanish Alex Corretjawho did not hesitate to highlight the benefits in the Eurosport media: “What a smart move. by both. I felt that Novak needs huge motivating factorsand he wants to bring in someone special, who understands this sport very well, has been playing for the last 15 years and has just retired.

“Andy understands the game very well, he knows the players and the tactics. He knows what it’s like to be there, also at a time when you’re a little older and the younger players are starting to push you to the limit. Understand the way you should react, defend yourself, what you should do to cause difficulties for them.. “He can bring certain tactical ideas to Nole’s team to surprise rivals,” the owner of 17 titles continued about the virtues of the man born in Glasgow, Scotland, who will advise the Balkan player at least until the Australian Open.

Consequently, the two-time finalist at Roland Garros analyzed: “It’s going to be interesting to see how they put all those ideas together, since They are both people with a lot of internal fire, a tremendous character, a great mentality and very ambitious.. “It’s going to be interesting to see how Andy understands Djokovic’s frustrations, because he’s been in that place for a long time.”

“Novak shows he’s still hungry. Everyone respects both of them a lot: when you face Nole and see Andy on the bench, sitting in the chair, you are going to feel a lot of pressure. You know that they know this sport in depth and that they are very clear about what they are going to do,” continued the Barcelona native, who reached second place in the world ranking.

Finally, Corretja gave his opinion on a possible new version of the former pupil of Croatian Goran Ivanisevic: “We will see how different Novak appears on the court. I’m not expecting a completely different player.because you have to maintain your base, but I do expect some different sensations, even making eye contact with Andy or his opponent. “It’s a very good combination.”