Tennis
Andy Murray brings in Ivan Lendl as coach again
Andy Murray is once again calling on Ivan Lendl as coach, some four and a half years after their split for the second time.
Murray’s manager has announced that the 34-year-old Scotsman and Lendl have agreed to resume working together over the next few months.
Their partnership has been crowned with three Grand Slam singles titles and two consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016 for Murray, the only tennis player with more than one Summer Games singles title.
The two are now planning a weeks-long training camp in the United States after the Miami tournament, which ends on April 3.
As the tennis world moves to Europe for the clay-court season ahead of its showpiece tournament at Roland Garros from May 22-June 5, Murray will be gearing up for the grass-court season instead. Wimbledon starts on June 27.
Murray also intends to hire another coach, who will work with Lendl and travel with him.
It is currently ranked at 84and rank and are 8-6 in 2022, losing their second games in each of their last four tournaments, including the Australian Open in January.
Murray has had to deal with a series of injuries over the past few years, mainly serious hip problems which led to two operations.
Murray enjoyed his greatest on-court successes with Lendl – who won eight Grand Slam titles as a player – in his entourage.
This includes, most famously, the 2013 Wimbledon title, which made Murray the first Briton in 77 years to win the singles championship at the All England Club.
Before that, Lendl also coached Murray until his US Open triumph in 2012. They broke up in 2014, before reuniting in 2016, about a month before Murray won his second Wimbledon trophy.
Murray also rose to No. 1 in the ATP rankings while with Lendl, first coming there in November 2016.
They stopped working together again in November 2017.
Over the years, Murray has also been coached by Amélie Mauresmo, Brad Gilbert and Jamie Delgado, among others.
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Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.