Novak Djokovic opens up about his Australian Open memories and new coaching dynamic

Novak Djokovic held his first press conference before the start of the Australian Open. The Serbian tennis player will play his first match against the American tennis player of Indian origin, Nishesh Basavareddy, but he has not yet found out when it will be. The only thing that is known for sure is that he will not play against the currently 133rd tennis player in the world on Sunday, so we should expect to see Novak on the court on Monday. 

Interestingly, Pavel Kotov and Jaime Faria will be on court on Sunday, whose match winner is Djokovic's potential opponent in the second round. The winner of 10 titles in Melbourne and a total of 24 Grand Slam trophies, the most in the history of tennis, spoke in front of the media and thus announced the campaign for a new trophy in Melbourne. 

This is his 20th time playing at the Australian Open. 

"My 20th anniversary is here. It's been a good number of years that I've been coming to Australia, where I had the greatest success at the Grand Slams. I qualified for a Grand Slam for the first time in 2005 and I played then with Safina. A very fast match, he is on eventually won the tournament, but it was a very unique experience that showed me that I can dream and three years later I won the first slam on the same court. It's a great memory and it's always nice to do it again live those moments," Djokovic says. 

He singled out the most beautiful and favorite memories from Australia. 

"The first time is always the most special, so that first Slam, and then probably the last one that I won here in 2023. Every triumph is special and unique in its own way, so it's hard to choose, but if I had to it would be the first and the last ". 

The best Serbian tennis player emphasized that it is a great honor to have Andy Murray as his coach. 

"It's an honor and a privilege to have Andy as my coach. I was thinking about the names I could work with this season: I wanted someone who had won multiple Slams, someone who knew what it meant to win a Slam and have that kind of expectation and pressure on you. That list It's not long. Andy retired six months ago and was surprised when I called him, but I think his tennis IQ is very high - we all know that."