Murray eyes a piece of doubles history

JAMIE MURRAY will today attempt to emulate Philadelphia’s Elias Victor Seixas Jnr and become the first man in over 60 years to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in consecutive years with two different partners.

Having won here last year with Martina Hingis, the 32year-old Scot finds himself back in the final with Victoria Azarenka.

If Murray (right) is to emulate Seixas, who at 94 is the oldest living male Grand Slam champion, he and his Belarusian partner must get past No11 seeds Nicole Melichar of the USA and Austria’s Alexander Peya.

This would be Murray’s fifth doubles Grand Slam. ‘I’ve had amazing moments in my career with Davis Cup and being world No1, won Grand Slams in men’s doubles and mixed doubles,’ he reflected. ‘If I stopped tomorrow I’d be pretty happy with what I’ve accomplished but I still feel I can do a lot more in the game.’ Azarenka has made her name as a singles player, with two Australian Open titles, but also won Olympic gold in the mixed here at Wimbledon in 2012. The 28-year-old became a mother in December 2016 and this run is a valuable means of putting matches into her legs and fire into her belly. ‘I didn’t think we were going to be in this final,’ she said. ‘We’ve come back from being pretty much dead. ‘We were 5-1 down [in the deciding set of their second round match]. ‘All those moments are super important for me after not playing for so long.’