Sign up to our free Inside Tennis newsletter for Australian Open news and analysis sent straight to your inbox MELBOURNE — Keen observers of Andy Murray’s career will have recognised an eerie echo of the past on Wednesday.

Andy Murray has arrived in Melbourne to help Novak Djokovic with his Australian Open preparations. Just months after retiring, the Brit is back on the tour as a coach, working with his biggest rival. Murray got a chance to practice with Djokovic on the hallowed courts of Melbourne Park but he made a sad complaint after hitting a few balls.

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Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in one team looks like a dream. However Coach Andy Murray oversaw Novak Djokovic's training session in Melbourne on Tuesday. Murray, who retired last year from professional tennis,

Novak Djokovic was seen sending down a flurry of shots even as his newly appointed coach Andy Murray watched over his ward on Tuesday in Melbourne.

The tennis world remembers Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray as two great rivals who reached extraordinary heights in tennis history. However, few would have imagined that they would one day form a coach-player partnership.

Novak Djokovic and new coach Andy Murray have been seen practising together for the first time ahead of the start of the Australian Open on Sunday.

Novak Djokovic returns to the scene of his greatest triumphs this week at the Australian Open, adamant he is ready and able to see off the challenge from Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in his pursuit of a record 25th Grand Slam crown.

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