Murray plays down Lendl-Becker rivalry

Update: 2013-12-26 00:08 GMT
Andy Murray believes the intense rivalry between his coach Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker, the newly-appointed coach of Novak Djokovic, which was a feature of the 1980s, won’t be rekindled in 2014. Lendl took Murray to a breakthrough major at the 2012 US Open as well as this year’s historic Wimbledon triumph while Djokovic has turned to Becker to help add to his six Grand Slam titles. In their playing careers, Becker defeated Lendl in 1986 Wimbledon final, 1989 US Open championship match as well as 1991 Australian Open final. ‘I personally don’t think there will be renewal of a rivalry. I mean, no matter if you are coaching the players, you can’t influence much. Once you step on court, the coaches can do very little to the outcome of a match. It is the preparation where the coaches can make a really good difference. We will have to see how it goes from here,’ Murray said.  Murray and Djokovic have joined Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Tsonga and S Wawrinka in the six-man field for World Tennis C’ship starting Thursday.

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