Djokovic will have Agassi at his side for Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic has confirmed Andre Agassi will be coaching him at Wimbledon for as long as he stays in the tournament.

Djokovic linked up with Agassi at the French Open last month after sacking the rest of his coaching team, but their relationship remains informal.

The American’s family and business commitments mean he has stopped short of committing to Djokovic full-time.

Djokovic, who will warm up for Wimbledon by playing the Aegon International at Eastbourne this week, said: “He will not be here at Eastbourne, but he will be in London for Wimbledon. He will stay as long as I stay in the tournament so that’s great news.

“Having him around is not only great for myself, but also for tennis. I’m just looking forward to spending as much quality time with Andre as I can.”

The Serb has a bye into the second round at Devonshire Park and will begin against world No 75 Vasek Pospisil today.

Meanwhile, Heather Watson overcame a top-10 opponent for only the second time in her career by beating defending champion Dominika Cibulkova at Eastbourne.

Britain’s Watson made light of being ranked 117 places lower to knock out world No 9 Cibulkova 7-5, 6-4 in the Aegon International second round at Devonshire Park.

The victory delivers Watson a timely boost ahead of the start of Wimbledon, where the British No 3 needed a wildcard to due to her ranking of 126. But after pushing world Mo 5 Elina Svitolina to three sets in Birmingham last week, Watson went one better against Cibulkova, the Slovak who reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon 12 months ago. She now faces Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

“I just felt everything came together and I played really well,” Watson said.

“Is it my best win of the year? I guess so yeah. The crowd are really loud this year, I love it. The atmosphere is great. I just am really enjoying playing at the moment.”