Andy Murray breaks the silence about his future with Novak Djokovic after the Serbian withdrew dramatically in the middle of the game due to an injury to the Australian Open

Andy Murray refused to comment on the future of his association with Novak Djokovic, after the Serbian Australian Open campaign ended up in a painful retirement from his semifinal against Alexander Zverev.

The agreement had always been to work together during the low season and here in Melbourne before reasseval, and coach Murray would not be attracted to his feelings. “Novak and I agreed that after the tournament we would talk,” he said. 'We will do that.'

Murray has not talked to the press since the beginning of the Djokovic campaign here, but he opened about how he felt his former rival and now ally succumb to the pain of a muscular tear after losing the first set of his semifinal against Alexander Zverev.

“It's difficult,” Murray said. 'When you get to that stage of the tournament, you feel that you are approaching something very special, and it is unfortunate if the body does not respond in the way you would like. With Novak there is always hope with him no matter how big the player is and has found forms of difficult situations before. It was simply not being this time.

Djokovic suffered the injury in his epic victory in the quarterfinals against Carlos Alcaraz, and Murray revealed that there was no possibility that at least it would not go to court to face Zverev.

“I was always going to go out and give it a good chance,” said the Scotsman. 'Obviously he did not train the last days. He practiced just before the game and felt good enough to try.

Novak Djokovic was forced to retire after the first set of his semifinal of the Australian Open against Alexander Zverev

Grand Slam's record winner had been fighting a muscle injury suffered during his exciting victory over Carlos Alcaraz

Andy Murray refused to comment on the future of his association with his friend and former rival

'The game that played against Alcaraz was an incredible tennis, surprising to see since that closure, it was an incredible performance. He had gradually improved as the tournament was progressing, I think. It is a really unfortunate way to finish.

When asked about his experience of working with the best player of all time, Murray said that he had sometimes felt embarrassing how much the narration of the two old rivals who unite forces had dominated the speech.

“They have been a great team,” he said about Djokovic's camp. 'Sometimes it feels a bit shameful, due to my relationship with Novak, how much people talk about that or when there is a good result or a good performance is because I have helped it.

'I am fully aware that the team that is with him has done an incredible job for many, many years to allow him to compete at this level at the age.

'Everyone has been very, very useful for me. They really welcomed me to the team. It has been great to be part. I had to witness an incredible tennis, and one of the best games I've seen live against Alcaraz.

Murray has found a pleasant but challenging experience.

“It's a steep learning curve for me,” he said. 'Things are different when you are training, there is much more with what you should help in terms of communication around the team.

'You're not only thinking about you as you when you're a player. I have certainly learned a lot, but there is still much more to learn, that's safe. '

Djokovic suggested that he would be interested in continuing his association, but emphasized the need to take the time to correctly evaluate

After the game, Djokovic said that the pain, both physical and emotional, is too crude to make a decision about his future with Murray as a coach, but suggested that he would be anxious to continue the association.

'We were both disappointed with what just happened, so we don't talk about future steps. We are so fresh out of the court, “said the 37 -year -old man.

I will definitely have a talk with Andy and thank you for being here, giving my comments that, of course, are positive, see how you feel and take the next step.

'We are still lost and disappointed, so it is difficult to change the page and start talking about what are the next steps. I think we both need to cool a little and then we will talk.