Jamie Murray through to last eight

06 July 2015 07:32

Jamie Murray joined brother Andy as a Wimbledon winner on Monday as the Scot and Australian partner John Peers sent the defending doubles champions crashing out of Wimbledon.

A marathon match on Court 12 ended in Murray and Peers triumphing 6-3 7-6 (8/6) 6-7 (5/7) 3-6 8-6 against American Jack Sock and Canadian Vasek Pospisil.

Victory meant that Murray has reached the quarter-final stage of the men's doubles at Wimbledon for the first time, and came on the same day that younger sibling Andy Murray reached the last eight of the singles.

Jamie Murray, now 29, won the mixed doubles title with Jelena Jankovic in 2007.

Britain's Jonny Marray won the Wimbledon men's doubles with Danish partner Freddie Nielsen in 2012, but their run this year came to an end at the hands of second seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo.

The Croatian-Brazilian partnership proved too strong for Marray and Nielsen, who lost 6-1 6-4 7-6 (8/6) in just an hour and 20 minutes.

Source: PA