If I won a free point off my first serve

semi-final against Rafa in Beijing (in 2008),” Djokovic, who won the bronze medal in Beijing said. “In Rio I felt really good but two days before the match I felt my wrist. It started to be more painful. It’s no excuse, I got injections, but I felt sad that I wasn’t at my best and could work my way in the tournament. “If I could change any outcomes would be Rio and London.” Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray, trying to salvage his career after hip surgery at the start of 2019, admitted he wished he had enjoyed his successes more. “After the issues I’ve had the last few years, I sometimes do wish I had enjoyed those moments more. When you see the end coming you think... I shuld have enjoyed the wins or even the losses that were great matches.”

Asked to come up with the perfect player if they could combine strokes from different players, both picked each other for having the best service returns.

“If I won a free point off my first serve against you I was celebrating like I won a set,” Djokovic, who owns 17 Grand Slam titles, said of his fellow 32-yearold. Both said they would swap for the serves of John Isner or Nick Kyrgios, while Murray said Nadal’s forehand was the toughest and Djokovic picked Roger Federer’s.

Unsurprisingly they were in agreement on which player is mentally the toughest — Nadal. “It’s like going on court to face Gladiator,” Djokovic said. Asked by a fan what they would have done rather than tennis, Djokovic picked being a scientist.

For Murray? “Right now it would be cool to be a doctor because you realise what’s important in times like this.” — Reuters