Andy Murray has told tennis coaches that it's far harder playing the sport than watching on from the sidelines after working with Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.
Djokovic made the semi-finals of the competition this winter but was forced to withdraw from his showdown with Alexander Zverev on Friday due to injury.
It is currently unclear if the two tennis legends will keep working together going forward, with neither man committing to anything over the weekend.
Murray has now experienced coaching for the first time, having retired from the sport after the Paris Olympics back in the summer.
Andy Murray has told tennis coaches that it's far harder playing the sport than watching on from the sidelines after working with Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open
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But the Briton has now told tennis coaches that it's far harder playing than sitting on the sidelines - and claimed he would 'dispute' anyone who says otherwise.
"It's definitely harder playing, that's for sure," he said.
"I would dispute people that say that it's harder watching from the side.
"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 and I felt calm at the side and was watching trying to do my job.
"Obviously, like at the end of the match with [Carlos] Alcaraz or important moments, you feel the nerves and things, but not to the same extent as when you're playing."
Murray does, however, seemingly want to stay in coaching.
He said he enjoyed the experience of working with Djokovic, even if the Serb was ultimately unable to win a record 25th Grand Slam title that would have moved him ahead of Margaret Court in the history books.
"I always knew that I would enjoy coaching," he stated.
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"I never thought otherwise, but there's things that I've learned about coaching that was maybe a bit different than what I expected.
"There's certainly areas of coaching that I will need to get better at moving forwards and learn a bit more about - for example, the technical side of the game.
"As a player, I would understand the basics, but not extremely well like some very experienced coaches.
"Some of the guys that I've worked with over the years have been very strong in that area.
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Andy Murray believes he's still got a lot to learn about coaching, having worked with Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open
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"I think the ex-players generally would be quite good with strategy and understanding the psychology and stuff having played.
"But obviously there's lots of other areas to coaching as well that I need to learn about."
One possible role for Murray could be mentoring Raducanu.
The 22-year-old is currently on the lookout for a new coach, having split from Nick Cavaday.
Andy Murray enjoyed the experience of working with Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open
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Raducanu sparked controversy at Wimbledon last year when she denied Murray one last match at the prestigious tournament.
She's since made it clear, however, that there's no 'bad blood' between the pair.
