The British Andy Murray He had to redouble his efforts in his debut as a coach. He stood up again and again, shouted and gave instructions to his student, whom he was very close to because the benches were placed closer by giving free rein to the coach’s communication with his player.
Murray suffered for an hour and a half, along with his famous disciple, a friend from the youth ranks and also an executioner. The Scotsman and Novak Djokovic37 years old and world No. 7, had a good scare in his debut at the 2025 Australian Open.
The ten-time champion was submitted by a 19-year-old American rookie Nishesh Basavareddy, 19 years old and No. 107, recent semifinalist at the Auckland ATP tournament. The party for the Indian-American, a student at Stanford University whom he dropped out to become a professional racket player, lasted until his health began to suffer.
He is not a good Djokovic, he is far from the version of the ten-time Australian Open champion, the dominator of twenty-four Grand Slam tournaments, where he won an Olympic gold medal. But he is still asking a lot from an inexperienced youngster who has not yet adapted to the high speed imposed by a figure like Balkan.
Basavareddy’s cramps came, with an interesting future but paying the toll of giving himself fully. This opened a path where Novak Djokovic entered with the expected strength to breathe more easily and start the comeback operation. He completed it satisfactorily as the American collapsed.
Success 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-2 in 2h.59′. A gray ‘Nole’, albeit with some improvement. In the second round a theoretically affordable fight awaits him, against the Portuguese ‘qualy’ Jaime Fariawhich removed the Russian Pavel Kotov 6-1, 6-1 and 7-5.
Djokovic must wake up because the draw will not give him a break. He could meet again in the third round with his recent executioner in the Brisbane quarterfinals, the American Reilly Opelka. Or face the dangerous Czech Tomas Macac. On the horizon of the quarters, Carlos Alcaraz.
Djokovic did not win any Grand Slam in 2024. He started with a very short tool, although he plays in the short and medium term. And with him you can never take anything for granted. He showed it for the umpteenth time in his ‘miraculous’ recovery from a knee injury suffered at Roland Garros, which did not prevent him from reaching the Wimbledon final and winning Paris 2024.
Source: La Verdad
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