Andy Murray fears Roger Federer's supreme talent might make coaching a struggle

Andy Murray has said that the depth of Roger Federer's talent might make it tough for him to become a coach after his retirement.

Federer called time on his professional tennis career at the Laver Cup at the weekend after playing doubles with old rival Rafael Nadal on Friday in his final competitive match.

Federer, who won 20 Grand Slams in his glittering career, ripped up the record books and is widely-regarded as the finest player ever to wield a racket.

Murray, who lost three Grand Slam finals to the Swiss great, was part of Team Europe that suffered a 13-8 loss to Team World in the Ryder Cup-style tournament to ensure Federer, 41, was denied one final trophy.

Federer has hinted that he would like to play exhibition events but has been guarded about the chances of moving into coaching at some point in the future.

“I'm sure if he was to coach one day, which he obviously doesn't need to – he'd pick players that I'd imagine he'd be motivated to be coaching in the big matches and helping there,” Murray told reporters at the O2 Arena in London on Sunday.

“The one thing that is I think difficult when you are as talented and have as many options as him is to remember that not everybody can do the things that he did.

“He had the ability to play everything and he had so many options at his disposal that that's the challenging thing also as a coach sometimes, especially someone in his position.”

Three-time Slam winner Murray backed Federer as a future Laver Cup captain after Bjorn Borg indicated the sixth edition in Vancouver next year could be his last.

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