Former ATP pro Steve Johnson has admitted he is finding it “very weird” to watch Novak Djokovic struggle as he weighed in on the great Serb’s collaboration with Andy Murray.
Djokovic hired his former rival Murray as his coach during the off-season in a move that stunned the tennis world.
The duo have teamed up at four tournaments so far, and there have been both highs and lows in terms of results.
In his first tournament with Murray in his box, Djokovic made an impressive run to the semi-finals of the Australian Open having downed Carlos Alcaraz in the last eight, before a hamstring injury stopped him against Alexander Zverev.
The 37-year-old also reached the final at the Miami Open after five dominant straight-set wins before he fell to Jakub Mensik.
Djokovic lost his opening match at the other two events: in Indian Wells and Madrid.
Speaking on an episode of the Nothing Major podcast, Johnson gave his thoughts on the success of the partnership following Djokovic’s disappointing loss to Matteo Arnaldi in Madrid.
“Yeah, the Murray partnership is starting to pay off because of all the anger that Novak is showing in practice, Murray’s demeanour finally getting into the Novak brain on the practice court,” the former world No 21 joked.
