Andy Murray and Jamie Murray set to play doubles at Wimbledon

Andy Murray and Jamie Murray could be set to play together at Wimbledon for the first time.

The brothers, who famously teamed up to help Britain to Davis Cup glory in 2015, have spoken about joining forces next month in what is likely to be Andy’s final Wimbledon.

Though they have played at the Olympics together before – they lost in the second round in 2008 and in the first round in 2012 and 2016 – this would be their first Wimbledon together, fulfilling a lifelong hope.

“Look, it would obviously be really cool to do i,” Jamie said at Roland-Garros on Sunday. “I mean it’s something that we probably wanted to do at some point in our career and maybe now is the only opportunity to do it. So maybe it’s a case of now or never, but we’ll see. Need to figure out what’s going to happen first and then go from there.

“We’ve had some amazing experiences on the court together, particularly in Davis Cup and I think for us to be able to play at Wimbledon would be really cool. And from my point of view, hopefully it happens and get a good crowd support and whatever.”

Commitment the biggest issue

Former world No 1 Andy Murray told reporters earlier this week that it was possible, and on Sunday, former doubles No 1 Jamie Murray said he had asked his younger brother if he’d like to play but that the decision for Andy, who is focusing on singles, is not a simple one.

“It’s not necessarily an easy decision for him to commit to playing the doubles,” Jamie said. “He knows obviously I want to play and do my best and play as long as we can.

“I think that’s never an easy decision for him. I guess he just needs to figure out if it’s going to be worth it or how much it might interfere with what he wants to do and the singles and how he’s feeling about his game and physically obviously as well. I’ll speak to him the next couple of days, now he’s back home and see what he’s thinking.

Decision is Andy’s in the end

Andy Murray said earlier this year that he’s unlikely to play on much past the summer and if he was to make a run in the singles, he might not want to risk injury or over-playing by competing in the doubles.

But Jamie said the decision would rest with the three-time Grand Slam singles champion. “I mean I think it’s kind of up to him really. He’s obviously got a lot on his plate at that time of year and everything going on.

“So I think it’s more he needs to decide if he wants to do it because obviously playing the singles and five sets and you know he’ll want to do as well as he possibly can. Scheduling stuff, it doesn’t work in your favour, that can be tough.

Andy said there could be another spanner in the works.

“We will make a decision ahead of time,” he said. “Obviously Jamie, he could also get a good partner, as well. We’ll see what happens, but we’ll probably decide in the next few days.”

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