Andy Murray and Jan de Witt together to Australian
Andy Murray's first test run with coach Jan de Witt in Abu Dhabi was successful. The two will therefore travel to Australia together.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Dec 24, 2021, 07:33 am
Successes against Daniel Evans and Rafael Nadal and an attractive performance against Andrey Rublev: Andy Murray showed in Abu Dhabi that he is getting closer and closer to the form of earlier days. In the past few days, Jan de Witt was also heavily involved in this endeavor. The German coach came to Abu Dhabi on a trial basis, now Murray and de Witt are flying together to the Australian Open, for which the two-time gold medalist received a wild card at the Olympic Games.
He believes that Murray will have a fantastic 2022 season, de Witt told tennisnet.com. The final decision on cooperation will be made after the first major in 2022.
Tennis scene says goodbye to Murray
In Melbourne, Andy Murray had actually said goodbye to the tennis scene at the beginning of 2019 due to health problems. After the five-set defeat against Roberto Bautista-Agut in round one, many colleagues sent Murray into retirement with moving words. Two hip operations and a few months later the Scot was back on the tennis court. And even celebrated two tournament wins in London's Queen's Club alongside Feliciano Lopez and at the end of the season in Antwerp, all solo.
The season that has just ended began for the 34-year-old with a final at the Challenger in Biella (loss to Illya Marchenko) and ended with his elimination in the quarter-finals in Antwerp against Tommy Paul. After he had previously defeated Jannik Sinner. Overall, Murray finished the year with a 15:14 balance and in position 134.