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Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova pay tribute to Andy Murray after ‘tough to watch’ documentary


Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova have paid tribute to Andy Murray (Picture: Getty)

Novak Djokovic says he found it ‘tough to watch’ the new Andy Murray documentary which followed the Brit through his brutal injury rehabilitation.

The Amazon documentary ‘Resurfacing’ tracked Murray’s recovery from the hip injury that threatened to end his tennis career.

At the start of 2019, Murray admitted the Australian Open could be his final tournament as a professional tennis players after failing to recover from a hip operation.

Djokovic says it was ‘tough to watch’ Murray’s new Amazon documentary (Picture: Getty)

But Murray went under the knife again for a hip resurfacing procedure and has since won two tournaments – the doubles title at Queen’s and the singles titles at Antwerp – to suggest he can still perform at the top level.

Asked about the documentary, world number two Djokovic said: ‘It was tough to watch, to be honest – as a tennis player and as someone who has known him for a long time – to see what he has been through.

‘It was a great insight into his last couple of years and the struggles he has had, mental, emotional, physical.

‘He is an amazing warrior. Not to give up after everything that has happened – after all the recoveries, preparations, trying to heal and play a couple of matches in a whole season, and still after everything he has been through in his career, to not give up is really impressive.

‘It’s really inspiring and obviously I wish him all the very best.’

Maria Sharapova also paid tribute to Murray, adding: ‘I love seeing what an athlete’s mind is going through.

‘I can very much relate to the feelings they go through and the moments a lot of people don’t see, and having access to an athlete like him.

Sharapova has herself struggled with injury problems (Picture: Getty)

‘It’s an amazing reflection on what it takes to get to the top. When you achieve a lot and people ask – especially when you’re struggling or have injuries – why you keep going, sometimes there is no perfect answer.

‘Sometimes those answers might seem stupid but for some reason we keep going, so I really enjoyed [the documentary] from that perspective.

‘[It showed] you don’t always have the right answers to explain why we keep doing it, because it will be easier [to stop] for the body, for the mind.

‘But there is something in us that prevails all those thoughts.’





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