Novak Djokovic says he wants to speak to Andy Murray about any issues between them following the Australian Open final. Murray said he had been "distracted" by Djokovic's apparent physical problems during the third set of the 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0 match, winning only one more game from that point in the contest. The world No. 4 said he should have handled it better, but he did not know what was wrong with Djokovic at the time.
The Serb, who defeated Murray to win the Australian Open for the fifth time, spoke to the press the following day, saying, "If there is a chance, if he's willing to talk, I'll talk, no problem. I have nothing to hide. I'm not the sort of guy who is pretending, who is trying to do something behind anyone's back or is saying bad things about anybody, especially about him, someone I have known for a long time."
Djokovic has said he was experiencing fatigue during portions of the match. He indicated that he did not like Murray's comments, though saying he did not want to "point a finger at him" or at the press.
"We have a good and very fair relationship," Djokovic said of Murray, who he has known since the two were teenagers. “Maybe he was just under the impression of losing the match and he was disappointed. I don't know."
The world No. 1 said he and Murray had not spent a lot of time together in recent years, but that could change. "Not in a bad way, but just because we have been rivals for the last couple of years, he has his own team, I have my own team, so we don't get to be together as we would maybe like to on and off the court," said Djokovic. "But now when he gets married and maybe has a kid we will spend more time. We'll have an excuse."
