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13-01-2019 | 14:38 Tennis
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Federer and Djokovic ‘shocked’ by Andy Murray decision to retire

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have spoken out on Andy Murray’s decision to retire from tennis. Murray announced days ago that he will possibly retire after Australian Open or after Wimbledon. Tennis world has shown their support to British athlete. Federer and Djokovic also had their say on this topic. "I was disappointed and sad, a little bit shocked, to know now that we're going to lose him at some point," Federer told reporters (via Dawn) "But we're going to lose everybody at some point. It's just now that it's definite," he added, acknowledging that the era of the "Big Four" 1 himself, Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Murray was drawing inexorably to a close. "Of course, it hits us top guys hard because we know Andy very well," the world number three said of the three-time Grand Slam champion and double Olympic gold medal winner. "He's a good guy, Hall of Famer, legend. He won everything he wanted to win. Anybody would substitute their career with his. He's a great guy." he added. Djokovic said: "You didn't need to be on court to notice that he's struggling, that he's not moving as well as he normally does," We've seen so many years of Andy Murray being one of the fittest guys on the tour, running around the court, getting always an extra ball back. "I think to that extent, we are kind of similar. Our trajectory to the professional tennis world was pretty much similar," added the Serb, who faces American Mitchell Krueger in the first round on Tuesday. "His birthday is one week before mine. We've grown together playing junior events. We played lots of epic matches. "Obviously to see him struggle so much and go through so much pain, it's very sad and it hurts me as his longtime friend, colleague, rival. "I will carry beautiful memories from the court and off the court. It's just sad." Djokovic added.

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