EXCLUSIVE: Another player-turned-coach has backed Andy Murray to stick with Novak Djokovic for longer than planned.

Novak Djokovic will bid to win a record 25th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open with the help of new coach Andy Murray.

In his bid to land a 25th Grand Slam, the 37-year-old has enlisted the help of Andy Murray, an opponent he faced 36 times and who knows as much as anyone about the strengths of his game.

Novak Djokovic did not want to rehash — or even discuss at all, really — what he said Friday was a months-old interview with GQ magazine in which he recalled having high levels of metal in his blood from food he was served while detained before being deported from Australia in 2022 .

Novak Djokovic has revealed his father is putting pressure on him to retire from tennis as the 2025 Australian Open rapidly approaches. The Serb, who failed to win a major in 2024, will be hoping to secure glory Down Under - having previously done so on 10 occasions over the years.

Andy Murray has revealed his immediate reaction at 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic asking him to be his coach for the upcoming Australian Open. Murray, who retired from playing following the 2024 Paris Olympics,

Nishesh Basavareddy clearly holds Novak Djokovic in the highest regard, as he is set to face the Serbian legend in the first round of the Australian Open

Tennis legend Mats Wilander has proclaimed that Novak Djokovic has got “a really, really good shot” at winning at least one Grand Slam title in 2025. The seven-time major winner feels the five-set format will help Djokovic as he assessed that the Serbian can “get really close” to winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles again.