Well, it wasn’t exactly the dream debut for tennis’s new celebrity double-act. Andy Murray’s first match in the coaching box found him looking on awkwardly as Novak Djokovic struggled to put away the world No 107.

The Australian Open’s new “coaching pods” have continued to raise eyebrows after a conversation between Novak Djokovic and his new coach Andy Murray left fans in disbelief.

When Novak Djokovic rang Sir Andy Murray in the middle of a round of golf to ask the former No.1 to be his coach, the Serbian champion was very clear about why. “He wanted an opponent to coach him,” Murray says. “I was shocked, obviously. I had no interest in doing any coaching at that moment. I’d retired. I was really enjoying my home life.