Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray reunited for Rafael Nadal’s ceremony (Image: Getty)

Andy Murray had the perfect response to Novak Djokovic as they reunited less than two weeks after ending their coaching partnership. Both men were involved in a special tribute ceremony for Rafael Nadal at the French Open on Sunday, and Murray took the opportunity to take a dig at his own coaching skills.

After Djokovic lifted his 100th career title in Geneva – his first tournament without Murray as his coach – the Brit told him: “Now that you have a proper coach, you’re winning tournaments.”

Murray had initially been set to join Djokovic at Roland Garros this fortnight. But, earlier this month, they confirmed their six-month player-coach stint had come to an end.

The three-time Major winner still headed to Paris to pay tribute to Nadal, where he faced a potentially-awkward reunion with Djokovic. But Murray quickly broke the ice with a fitting joke.

Asked whether either of them made any comments about Djokovic’s title win in Geneva, the Serb replied: “He did. He did. We joked around a little bit about his dress code yesterday, because I never saw him dress up so well.

“So we kind of joked around, you know, talked a little bit about golf, family, of course, and had also time to speak to him and Roger in the room about, you know, reflecting on some of the nice memories we had in our rivalries and kind of playing Nadal here at Roland Garros, et cetera. So that was quite special, being in the room with these two guys first for quite some time.”

It was Murray who broke the ice about Djokovic’s immediate success without him, though the 24-time Grand Slam champion refused to talk down about his former coach.

Andy Murray spent six months coaching Novak Djokovic before they called it quits (Image: Getty)

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“In terms of the joke about the tournament, yeah, he did congratulate me, and he said, ‘Now that you have a proper coach, you’re winning tournaments’,” he laughed.

“I don’t know. I didn’t take that as a joke. I mean, yeah, of course he was joking, but I think I have said enough, but I will say it again: Andy is just an amazing person.

“First of all, someone that I have spent most of my career with since the very young age on the tour, traveling, playing him, facing him in the earliest days under 12 and all the way through to the last days of his career.”

“For him to join my team and for us to give a shot to this player/coach relationship was really and incredible thing for tennis and for both of us. I was very privileged and honoured.

“I was enjoying myself very much regardless of the fact that we haven’t had maybe the success we both wanted or people expected us to have.

“But I still think that I have learned things on the court with him, I have enjoyed my conversations with him about tennis, because I still think that he’s one of the most brilliant tennis IQ guys out there.

“Whoever he decides to work with next, if and when, you know, that player is going to be lucky because he has definitely a lot to share, a lot of great insights. It just didn’t work out between us in terms of results, in terms of what we were hoping for, and that’s all there is to it.

“Personally, I actually enjoyed my time very much with him, and I feel like we have a closer relationship because of our working relationship in the last four, five months.”

The world No. 6 also confirmed their decision to split was a “mutual” one. He added: “We both wanted to have a call and to speak, so actually, we both were on the same page.

“So it was not, you know, his initiative or my initiative. It was both of us coming together and just saying, you know, I think we should stop here.”