Djokovic on His Collaboration with Murray: "It's Still Surreal"

Novak Djokovic advanced to the Miami Open quarterfinals by defeating Lorenzo Musetti. For this U.S. tour, he is once again accompanied by Andy Murray.

He spoke again about his partnership with the Brit in an interview with Sky Sports: "We’ve shared the same stage, so to speak, and have been on the tour for a very long time—we’ve known each other for 20 to 25 years, since the junior days.

But obviously, when you’re rivals, you don’t interact as much. Actually, while we were waiting for the matches to resume after the rain today, we had a really interesting conversation.

I’ve always had immense respect for Andy as a player, but now even more so as a person.

He’s a really great guy, and I’m truly grateful that he cares about my performance on the court.

It’s still surreal that one of my biggest rivals is now my coach, fist-pumping and jumping in my box.

Sometimes I pinch myself and think, ‘Is this real? Is this a dream?’ But it’s amazing.

We’re trying to make the most of this player-coach relationship and spend quality time together.

Miami has been a great experience. We arrived early, almost a week before the tournament started.

We played golf, had dinners together, and just enjoyed ourselves."