MELBOURNE, Australia — “So Ivan, are you calling Andy ‘Sir’?”
Ivan Lendl paused and then laughed, which would surely seem strange to those in the front row of the players’ box who know him only as Andy Murray’s stone-faced coach.
“Definitely not,” Lendl said, chuckling some more before heading off down the crowded main hallway inside Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open.
Clearly, not much has changed in the Murray camp since his remarkable stretch run to the No. 1 ranking and a knighthood in 2016.
He is still tough on himself on court and on the changeovers.