JOHN MCENROE has tipped Andy Murray to make a U-turn on his decision to retire.
The Scot, 37, ended his glittering career with an emotional goodbye at the Olympic Games in the summer.
But the two-time Wimbledon champion then shocked the tennis world when he announced he would be joining Novak Djokovic’s coaching setup.
Murray will be in the Serbian’s box as the 24-time Grand Slam winner faces Nishesh Basavareddy in the first round of the Australian Open tomorrow morning.
On the surprise link-up, legend McEnroe told Eurosport: “The coaching situation between Murray and Djokovic, it’s fun but it’s got to be one of the craziest things I’ve ever heard.
“I remember being in Australia and hearing that Andy Murray was being coached by Ivan Lendl, my great rival and nemesis from way back when.
“I thought about it and said, ‘Oh my God, this is going to work’. But there is a big age gap.
“There’s a one week age gap between Novak and Andy and he just stopped playing.
“My theory is, Andy’s going to coach Novak for the next couple of months, and then he is going to find out everything he needs to know about how to beat Djokovic and then he’s coming back.”
Former British No1 Tim Henman added: “It’s such early days, they have only had a few weeks to practice and straight into a Grand Slam.
“It’ll be interesting to see how Djokovic plays and if Murray has any impact on his game, and see how the relationship evolves.
“I don’t think I’ve got any of those answers, but we’ll have to wait and see.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Andy Murray makes career change as Brit legend admits ‘I don’t think a tennis player has done anything like this before’ ” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6364583530112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]Murray’s move to join forces with Djokovic has been slammed by some, including world No34 Alexander Bublik.
The outspoken Kazakh star said: “These are attempts to grasp at something that no longer exists, to some echoes of the past. I think this is a problem.”
He also hit out at Murray and Rafael Nadal for not hanging up their rackets sooner, saying: “I want to leave at the peak. It is clear that I am not Rafa, my legacy will be much smaller, if it can be called such.
“What happened to Andy and Rafa was a circus. I can’t call it anything else.
“People have achieved everything, even we tennis players looked at them with our mouths open in the locker room – and then you see one of them bald and old.”