Title hope Soares with Murray back
Bruno seeks Grand Slam glory now ‘marriage’ with Jamie is rekindled
BRUNO SOARES believes he can win more Grand Slam titles with Jamie Murray after agreeing to rekindle their partnership.
Murray and Soares lifted the Australian Open and US Open trophies in 2016 and won eight further titles together before splitting last spring at the request of the Scot.
The Dunblane ace switched to playing with fellow Briton Neal Skupski but they have not had the success he would have hoped for, narrowly missing out on qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals this year.
By contrast, Soares and Croatian Mate Pavic have been hugely successful, winning the US Open in September.
It therefore came as a surprise and disappointment to Brazilian Soares last week when Pavic revealed he wanted to end the partnership to play with his fellow Croatian Nikola Mektic.
Soares said: “Mate came to me at the end of last week and decided he wanted to split and he had different plans for 2021.
“Jamie found out the news, came to talk to me and find out my plans.
“I didn’t really have any plans because I was trying to focus on the tournament here. It seemed to me a great idea. I like Jamie as a person and a player. I’m m looking forward for next year.”
Murray and Soares held an n awkward press conference e together after their split was revealed during the French h Open last year but the e Brazilian insisted there were e no hard feelings.
“It’s like a marriage,” he said. “At the end sometimes, the routine gets to you. Jamie neededd a change. I appreciate himm because he was honest about itt and when he came to talk to me I understood.”