Top tennis journalist suggests Netflix documentary on Andy Murray’s first coaching stint with Novak Djokovic

About four months after his retirement from tennis, Andy Murray took up the job of coaching his old rival Novak Djokovic.

Top tennis journalist suggests Netflix documentary on Andy Murray’s first coaching stint with Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray (Image via X)

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic have given the tennis community something to talk about during the off-season. Djokovic hired Murray as his coach and top journalist James Gray has suggested a Netflix documentary on the same.

Djokovic ended his season following his defeat at the final of the Shanghai Masters to Jannik Sinner and withdrew later from the ATP Finals due to an injury. Then when the tennis world was focusing on the Davis Cup, Djokovic on November 23 made headlines by announcing that Murray who he defeated four times in the Australian Open final, would be coaching him in the Grand Slam event in Melbourne next year.

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Gray thinks that though Carlos Alcaraz has emerged on the scene as the next big thing in tennis after the Big 3, a Netflix documentary rather focusing on Murray’s coaching stint with Djokovic will be a hit.

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There will be a tennis-based Netflix release in 2025, but it will be a docu-series focused solely on Carlos Alcaraz, seemingly the only member of the new generation that the streaming giant reckons it can sell to the masses. But if producers really wanted a hit next year, they would be making representations to Murray, and more importantly, Djokovic, to let the cameras into the next few months of their lives.

James Gray wrote on Inews

Murray will be in Djokovic’s team for at least until the Australian Open. The Scot retired at the Paris Olympics but his last match on the ATP Tour was at Wimbledon.

James Gray raises interesting questions about Andy Murray-Novak Djokovic deal

James Gray thinks Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are the less celebrated when it comes to the Big 4. But as they joined hands, Gray pointed out there are several questions that tennis fans are curious about, mostly about Murray’s coaching approach because he is a ‘total rookie’ to the job.

Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray
Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray (Image via X)

And there are so many fascinating sub-plots to this: will Djokovic berate Murray the way the Scot has so many of his own coaches? And will Murray be a Guardiolan tactical advisor in the box, a Lendl-esque statue or a “let’s go, right here” merchant? Will Murray even sit there, or instead be watching incognito, as is usually his preference to stay out of the limelight?

James Gray wrote on Inews

Murray’s task at the Australian Open will be to guide his old rival to 11th victory in the major event Down Under. If the Serb wins, it will be his historic 25th Major title and his first since the 2023 US Open.