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Brothers Murray Make More History in Melbourne



This Australian Open is already a win for Great Britain and the Murray brothers. This weekend they’ll try to make it monumental. For the first time in history, brothers will take place in both the men’s singles and men’s doubles finals at the final of a major.

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The last time British men reached the singles and doubles finals at the Australian Open was in 1935 when Fred Perry finished as runner-up in the singles and Perry and Patrick Hughes finished as runner-up in the doubles.

Andy and Jamie Murray, who led Great Britain’s run to its first Davis Cup title in 79 years this winter, will take the court on successive nights with each bidding to win their first Australian Open title.

Andy, who barreled his way past hard-serving Canadian Milos Raonic in five sets on Friday night, says the occasion will be very special. But he won’t be watching his brother when he takes the court on Saturday for the men’s doubles final.

“I haven’t watched any of his matches here. I try not to watch—I find them pretty stressful,” Murray said.

But Murray takes pride in his brother’s accomplishments, and he admitted that he’s pleasantly surprised to see Jamie move into his third consecutive Grand Slam final. Last year Murray reached the finals at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open with John Peers. This year, Murray and new partner Bruno Soares of Brazil will face off with Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek in the final.

“For it to be the first time it has happened is incredible, really,” said Andy. “I never would have expected that. Even at the beginning of last year Jamie maybe had only made one quarter of a Slam before Wimbledon, and now he’s made three in a row. He’s playing great tennis and is moving right up to the top of the ranking. So I’m very proud of him. It’s obviously something that is going to be extremely rare. You’re not going to see it very often so we should enjoy it and be proud of it because it’s a tough thing to do.”

Murray will hope to end an 0 for 4 in Australian Open finals when he meets Novak Djokovic on Sunday night in Melbourne. Djokovic owns the 21-9 lifetime edge over Murray, including three victories over him in Australian Open finals.

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