According to The Times, Murray and Djokovic will stay together as the season proceeds as long as present discussions between them go well.

Murray and Djokovic are currently deciding on the best schedule for the Serbian to follow this season, with the first ATP Masters tournament of the year at Indian Wells in March likely to be the next meeting point for them.

The French Open will get underway in late May, with the start of Wimbledon scheduled for the end of June.

Following Djokovic’s exit from the Australian Open, Murray explained: “It’s definitely harder playing, that’s for sure. I would dispute people that say that it’s harder watching from the sides. I know how stressful it can be out there playing the matches.

“I felt a lot of nerves and stuff in the build-up to the matches, but when I was watching it I felt like I was able to sort of switch that off. I felt calm at the side and was sort of watching, trying to do my job.”

Discussing the 24-time Grand Slam champion’s injury issue, he then stated: “Yeah, it’s hard. When you get to that stage of the tournament, you feel like you’re getting very close to something very special – and it’s unfortunate if the body’s not responding in the way that you would like.

“With Novak, there’s always hope with him because of how great a player he is and [how he] has found ways out of difficult situations before. It just wasn’t to be this time.”

And Murray added: “I feel like they’ve been a great team [to be a part of]. At times it feels a little bit embarrassing that because of my relationship with Novak, how much people talk about that or when there’s a good result or a good performance that it’s because I’ve helped him.

“I’m fully aware that the team that is with him has done an incredible job over many, many years to allow him to still be competing at this level at the age that he’s at. They’ve been really helpful to me – it’s been great to be a part of.”