Murray open to coaching return 'at some stage'

Andy Murray is unfastened to a return to coaching "at immoderate stage" but says he still has plentifulness to study astir nan role.

The 38-year-old, who retired from tennis astatine nan 2024 Olympics, joined long-time rival Novak Djokovic's coaching squad past November.

However, the brace parted institution successful May 2025 aft conscionable 4 tournaments together, pinch erstwhile number 1 Djokovic stating he "couldn't get more" retired of their partnership.

Murray was affirmative astir nan six months he and Djokovic spent together, hailing nan "unique" acquisition of moving pinch "one of nan champion athletes of each time", while besides stating he had not planned connected making nan modulation into coaching rather truthful soon aft hanging up his racquet.

"I would do it again astatine immoderate stage. I don't deliberation that will hap immediately," he told BBC Sport's Clare Balding astatine nan unveiling of nan Andy Murray Arena astatine nan Queen's Club connected Monday.

"I wasn't readying connected going into coaching arsenic soon arsenic I vanished playing but it was a beautiful unsocial opportunity. It was a chance to study from 1 of nan champion athletes of each time.

"You besides study a batch astir really to activity pinch a team. As an individual athlete, you person a squad of group astir you, but you're nan focal constituent whereas erstwhile you're coaching an individual, you're moving pinch a physio, beingness trainers, agents, and you request to cognize really to get your connection crossed to nan subordinate and find retired what makes them tick. That was nan point I learned and thing I request to activity connected if I want to do it again successful nan future.

"It was a superb opportunity for me. We sewage to walk immoderate really bully moments distant from nan court. Results weren't arsenic we wanted but we gave it a go.

"We'll spot astir coaching successful nan early but I don't deliberation that will hap for a while."

While nan jam-packed quality of tennis' schedule intends attraction has already shifted to nan grass-court swing, this year's men's singles last astatine Roland Garros will beryllium remembered arsenic 1 of nan all-time greats.

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz recovered from 2 sets down and saved 3 title points to beat world number 1 Jannik Sinner aft 5 hours and 29 minutes – nan longest French Open last successful history.

The pair, who inhabit nan apical 2 spots successful nan ATP rankings, person now shared nan past six awesome titles betwixt them and Sunday's last – their first gathering successful a Grand Slam trophy lucifer – confirmed nan presence of a caller blockbuster rivalry successful men's tennis.

Murray believes Sunday's last is confirmation nan athletics is successful a "great place" and tipped Britain's Jack Draper, classed 4th successful nan world, to beryllium portion of nan success.

"They're some superb athletes and very different personalities, which I deliberation for fans is really exciting," Murray said.

"For me, peculiarly Alcaraz has an breathtaking marque of tennis to watch, and they complement each different well. They've already had immoderate superb matches and from what I've been told, it was 1 of nan champion finals for a agelong time."

Murray added: "Moving forward, men's tennis is successful a awesome place. People ever interest astatine nan extremity of a procreation of players what's going to hap pinch nan athletics next, but mostly sports proceed to germinate and, successful astir cases, improve.

"Jack [Draper]'s correct successful nan operation conscionable now and doing highly well. He's going to springiness himself opportunities to triumph fields complete nan adjacent five, 10 years."

However, while heaping praise connected nan adjacent generation, Murray was keen to emphasise that Alcaraz and Sinner person a agelong measurement to spell to lucifer nan 20 years of power achieved by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic.

"The sport's successful a really bully spot but it's important not to hide what nan guys person done earlier them, what Roger, Rafa and Novak person done," Murray said.

"Winning 20-plus fields is thing exceptional and it's easy successful today's property to hide a small spot astir that. I saw immoderate pundits saying if [Alcaraz and Sinner] went connected tribunal against Rafa astatine nan French Open, they would beryllium favourites going into that lucifer pinch Rafa successful his prime.

"Alcaraz and Sinner are connected nan way to being 2 of nan best, nary uncertainty astir that, but it takes clip to build what Roger, Rafa, and Novak had. We'll spot whether they get that."

Murray enjoyed spectacular results astatine Queen's. The Scot is nan astir successful subordinate successful nan tournament's history, winning a grounds 5 men's singles titles betwixt 2009 and 2016. He besides won nan men's doubles pinch Feliciano Lopez successful 2019.

From this year, however, his sanction will not conscionable adorn nan honours committee but besides nan centre tribunal astatine Queen's Club, which has been renamed nan Andy Murray Arena.

"It's beautiful surreal," Murray said. "A number of tennis courts astir nan world are named aft awesome players. It's a spot unusual to person a tribunal named aft you.

"I person a batch of astonishing memories astatine this spot and connected that court. It's by acold my astir successful tourney that I competed in.

"I won my first ATP lucifer here. I didn't dream of winning Wimbledon aliases being world number one, I conscionable wanted to beryllium a master tennis subordinate and play connected nan ATP tour. Moments for illustration that, you remember; it was a typical infinitesimal for me.

"Winning nan tourney feels awesome and winning awesome events is nan pinnacle of nan sport, but that wasn't my dream increasing up. You retrieve moments for illustration nan spot wherever you won your first circuit lucifer and that's why Queen's is ever typical to me."

This grass-court play marks nan return of women's tennis to Queen's for nan first clip successful 52 years, pinch singles and doubles events taking spot from 9 to 15 June earlier nan men return to nan courts nan pursuing week (16-22 June).

"Having women's tennis backmost astatine Queen's for nan first clip successful complete 50 years is brilliant," Murray said.

"I dream nan arena gets good attended. They've sewage a superb section – I deliberation 10 of nan apical 20 women are here. There'll beryllium immoderate superb matches and I ever look guardant to nan writer season."