Djokovic will play the Brisbane International without Murray, but plans to have him in his corner for the 2025 Australian Open.

The legendary figures have had contrasting degrees of success at the Grand Slam, with Djokovic a 10-time winner of the event.

That figure is more than any other player, while Murray reached five Australian Open finals, losing all of them.

The rule that left Andy Murray fuming at the 2023 Australian Open

He bowed out in the first round in his final appearance earlier this year, which came one year after an outburst from the Scot.

As reported by CNN in January 2023, Murray was left fuming after being denied the chance to use the bathroom during his second round match against Thanasi Kokkinakis.

The former had come back from two sets down, but his request to use the bathroom before the final frame was denied by the umpire as he had already been once in the match.

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Fuming, Murray vented towards the umpire: “Do you know something? I respect the rules. It’s a joke, it is a joke and you know it as well.

“It’s so disrespectful that the tournament has us out here until three, f***ing four in the morning and we’re not allowed to take a p**s.

“It’s disrespectful to you, it’s disrespectful to the ball children, disrespectful to the players and we’re not allowed to go to the toilet. It’s ridiculous.”

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Murray managed to overcome his outburst to clinch a stunning comeback win over Kokkinakis, with the match taking almost six hours as it went beyond 4am.

He had only just beaten Matteo Berrettini in five sets in round one, with his run then ended by Roberto Bautista Agut in round three.

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Murray had previously enjoyed a superb spell at the Grand Slam, reaching the final in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016.

But he could never manage to go all the way, with his valiant efforts stopped a remarkable four times by Djokovic and once by Roger Federer.

Ironically, Murray will now be eyeing further success for Djokovic in Melbourne next month, but perhaps a small part of the Scot also wants to get his own hands on the elusive trophy.

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