The ATP player with ‘strange technique’ who Andy Murray said he really liked watching

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Andy Murray enjoyed both playing and watching tennis in his decorated 19-year career.

Murray retired from tennis last year at the Paris Olympics, playing his final match alongside Dan Evans in the doubles tournament.

Since playing his final ever match, Murray has coached Novak Djokovic, but that partnership came to an end after just six months.

While Murray has a lot of experience both playing and coaching Djokovic, he actually named another Grand Slam champion as a player he really enjoyed watching in 2022.

Andy Murray claimed he really enjoyed watching Daniil Medvedev in 2022

In 2022, Murray spoke to the media team at the ATP 250 tournament in Metz, where he revealed that he enjoyed watching Daniil Medvedev.

Medvedev spent 16 weeks as world number one in 2022 after winning his first major title at the US Open, and Murray admitted to enjoying his unorthodox gamestyle.

“I do really like watching Medvedev play as well,” said Murray. “I think he’s got a very different game style to a lot of players. He looks very unorthodox and I like people that are not (your) textbook tennis player.

“It certainly happens in the UK … (coaches) are very fascinated by technique, and having perfect technique and strokes, but you watch someone like him and he doesn’t. He hits with strange technique and doesn’t look like he should play as well as he does.

“But he is unbelievably smart on the court, moves very well and he knows where to hit the ball, it’s not just about how you hit it but where you hit it as well.”

What happened when Andy Murray played Daniil Medvedev?

While Murray enjoyed watching Medvedev compete, it did not seem like he had so much fun on the opposite side of the court to the Russian.

Having played three matches against Medvedev in his career, Murray failed to win a single set, with all of their encounters taking place on hard courts.

This includes the last ATP Tour final of Murray’s career at the Qatar Open in 2023, where Medvedev prevented him from completing a dream run.

However, after retiring, Murray can simply enjoy watching Medvedev, who has struggled in 2025.

Medvedev only won one Grand Slam match this entire year, but managed to have a bit of a resurgence in the latter stages of the season to finish just outside the top 10.