His main goal is to play a few more matches on this surface before Roland Garros, where he will hunt for the 25th Major title of his amazing career. The Serbian ace will have less pressure than in the past, because he will not be among the favorites in Paris and his latest performances do not lead to be too confident.

After working together for only six months, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray announced Tuesday that they have ended their player-coach relationship. Shortly after his retirement from playing tennis last year, Murray transitioned into coaching and took on his former on-court rival in Djokovic as his first major client.

The novelty and almost unprecedented nature of having two such recent former adversaries teaming up was always going to be a major sideshow