Andy Murray won't have a new coach for foreseeable future, says Jamie Delgado
"I think from our point of view, the first situation is to get him totally fit and ready to play the new season"
Monday 20 November 2017 03:02, UK
Jamie Delgado has revealed there will be no new coach added to Andy Murray's backroom team following his split with Ivan Lendl.
The Scot ended his working relationship with Lendl again on Friday after two spells together which yielded three Grand Slam titles and two Olympic singles golds.
He also reached No 1 in the ATP rankings while working with the Czech legend in November 2016.
Delgado, a long-term member of Murray's coaching team, says the 30-year-old has no immediate plans to replace Lendl, as he steps up his recovery from a hip injury suffered at Wimbledon.
Ivan was only around for certain weeks, so a lot of the work that I was doing was by myself. From that point of view it will be very much similar as it was before.
"I don't think so, not at the moment" Delgado revealed to Sky Sports. "I think from our point of view, the first situation is to get him totally fit and ready to play the new season. I believe that if we do that then he will get back to a lot of success in the game again.
"It's been a very successful relationship [with Lendl] on the court, not just the second time round, but the first time around.
"But like most jobs, it's a time to reflect and plan the year ahead and that's the decision that was made.
"Ivan was only around for certain weeks, so a lot of the work that I was doing was by myself. From that point of view it will be very much similar as it was before.
"Ivan was my favourite player when I was growing up and was a legend of the game. He had similarities to Andy in losing his first few Grand Slam finals. In Andy's mind he was there when he won his first Grand Slam final, so that's the comfort to have around and the experience that he's had as a player and a coach - he was a great person to have around."
With more and more players opting for duel coaching, Sky Sports' analyst Annabel Croft asked whether the system works well on the tour.
"I think it can do so as long as both coaches are on the right page and you have to say that me and Ivan agreed on 99 per cent of things anyway," added Delgado. "I think that's very important if the contact is good between the two coaches I think it can work well.
"I'm sure there will be a lot of players who will want to work with Ivan."
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