Ivan Lendl rejoins Murray’s coaching team

2 is set to re-unite with his former coach Ivan Lendl from as early as next week. Murray eventually replaced eight-time Grand Slam singles champion Lendl-for whom Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam title to elude him, losing in two finals-with former French female star Amelie Mauresmo.

Wawrinka, like Murray, has two major triumphs to his name but the Swiss has never found his best at Wimbledon, the only grand slam where he is yet to reach the semi-finals.

The alliance ended in 2014 because Lendl was not keen to spend so much time travelling, but in a new compromise arrangement the Czech legend will join the Murray team for around 20 weeks a year, mainly around Grand Slam and Masters events.

Today, as rain blighted the opening day of the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club, the pair were already planning match strategy before Murray’s opening encounter against Nicolas Mahut of France tomorrow.

All Offers and Promotions posted in this article excludes NSW residents.

Should Murray face Raonic in this week’s final or at Wimbledon it will reignite the famous McEnroe-Lendl rivalry.

The 29-year-old Murray has defeated Djokovic in his two Grand Slam successes. “[We] have always stayed in contact so it should be fun to be part of his team again”.

“When Ivan agrees to do something he goes into it 100 percent, so even him agreeing gives me a little boost”, Murray said, reported AFP. There have been times over the last few weeks where I have been good and sometimes not so good.

‘It certainly was not ideal when I was working before with Ivan, maybe I was better.

But with many making their grass debuts for 2016 it could be worth another risky play this week and chancing our arm on Marin Cilic from the very open-looking adjacent quarter to Murray’s. “I’m sure she had to think, ‘I could have been great if not for this baby, ‘ ” he told the magazine.

While Lendl has been away attending to family matters, two hip replacements and the US Tennis Association’s development programme, Murray has moved on as a player. Who would win if the supercoaches themselves were to take the court, rather than leaving the heavy lifting to their protégés? I don’t know what Lendl said to him, but apparently he really started to believe.

Murray took five days away from tennis last week as he was suffering from a cold but the Briton insisted he was feeling fit as he aims to win a record fifth title on the grass courts at Queen’s.