Andy Murray could team up with Serena Williams (Picture: AELTC/Pool/Getty Images)

Patrick Mouratoglou believes it would be a ‘great move’ for Serena Williams to team up with Andy Murray in mixed doubles at Wimbledon, despite her recent injury struggles.

The Frenchman – who has coached Williams to 10 of her 23 Grand Slam titles – believes the pairing ‘can only bring positives to her’, although nothing is set in stone just yet.

Williams and Murray have both publicly expressed their desire to play mixed doubles together this year and it would be a mouth-watering prospect for British fans to see two of the game’s greats sharing a court together.

Mouratoglou had tweeted ‘nice mixed doubles team’ at a video suggesting the duo could team up and he told Metro.co.uk he would be fully behind his player turning out in both singles and doubles, despite the fact she has only recently recovered from a knee issue.




‘Why not? As a coach, I would say that’s a great move,’ he said on Sunday.

Nice mixed double team… https://t.co/z8Fe5I44VO — Patrick Mouratoglou (@pmouratoglou) June 29, 2019

‘First of all, she loves to play doubles. Second, to play doubles with Andy can bring only positives to her. Andy is great, she likes him. He’s an incredible player, he is super positive. Why not? They have to just both decide and then… let’s do it!’

Pushed on whether this is a genuine possibility and if there was contact between them, he added: ‘It’s a possibility.

‘It’s not about her, it’s about both of them. They both have to decide if they want to do it. It’s an option.’

Murray is open to the idea of teaming up with Williams (Picture: TPN/Getty Images)

Murray – who is playing men’s doubles with Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert – and Williams openly courted each other in their respective pre-tournament press conferences.

‘I’m available. I’m feeling better now, so I’m definitely available,’ Williams said.

Murray added: ‘Yeah, I mean, obviously she’s arguably the best player ever. It would be a pretty solid partner.’