Andy Murray accemployd of ‘clinging to the past’ as createer foe speaks out on huge ‘problem’ | Tennis | Sport

Andy Murray has been tgreater by his createer tennis foe Alexander Bublik that he’s clinging to the past after the Briton concurd to coach Novak Djokovic. Murray reexhausted from tennis after last year’s Olympic Games and connected up with Djokovic during the off-season.

Murray and Bublik went head-to-head on the court on five occasions, with the two-time Wimbledon champion coming out on top in three of those alignes.

But Bublik leanks Murray’s decision to unite forces with Djokovic was driven by the wrong reasons.

“Now he has uniteed Novak Djokovic‘s team,” elucidateed the Kazakhstani star. “These are trys to comprehend at someleang that no extfinisheder exists, to some echoes of the past. I leank this is a problem.

“I hope that it will not be the same for me, but I cannot say for certain. Maybe at the age of 36 I will go to the Challenger in Bangkok, but I still hope that I will depart with peace of mind.”

Bublik, who has only ever accomplished the fourth round at one Grand Slam, also took aim at 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal after the Spaniard called time on his percreateing days at the finish of last season at the age of 38.

“Yes, I want to depart at the peak,” inserted the 27-year-greater. “It is evident that I am not Rafa, my legacy will be much petiteer, if it can be called such. What happened to Andy Murray and Rafa was a circus.

“I can’t call it anyleang else. People have accomplishd everyleang, even we tennis percreateers seeed at them with our mouths uncover in the locker room – and then you see one of them bald and greater.

“It is evident that he is no extfinisheder the same and will never be the same. In my opinion, this is even a shame, not a circus. Probably, it would be more right to say so. Although Rafa still left normassociate.”

Murray will be aiming to help Djokovic triumph a record-extfinishing 25th men’s Grand Slam title at this month’s Australian Open.

And converseing Murray’s role as part of his backroom team ahead of the tournament, Djokovic findlooked: “I cherish talking to him about the nuances, the details, how I can better my game, how I can achieve an inch, court positioning more comparing to my opponent, and every bit of percentage counts at the highest level.

“I’m not seeing to alter my game finishly. I unbenevolent, I’m not going to be Giovanni [Mpetshi Perricard] serving two first serves and coming in to the net.”