Sibling Rivals Win

Warring Murray brothers, Andy and Jamie, both won their respective tournaments this weekend after their row over Andy’s Davis Cup absence.

Older brother Jamie won the doubles in Florida’s Delray Beach International, his first title with new partner Max Mirnyi. They beat top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan 6-4 3-6 (10-6) in the final.
On this side of the Atlantic, younger brother Andy won the singles title at Open 13 in Marseille. He beat unseeded Mario Ancic in straight sets in the final to claim the fifth singles title of his career and his second this year. The win also lifted him back into the world’s top ten after falling to eleventh after the Australian Open.
Andy Murray pulled out of the Davis Cup tie due to “experts’ advice” about a knee injury which has been causing problems for him this season. Experts said that changing surfaces would only aggravate the injury further.
Jamie Murray said it was “very disappointing” that his brother wasn’t playing and claimed “if he really wanted to push himself he could have played”. He went on to say: “it kind of effects the way we (Davis Cup team) feel about him”.
But the argument seems to have created some positive competition between the pair with two titles in the family this weekend as both aim to climb their respective ranking tables.
Andy, 20, has already committed to play future Davis Cup matches and expressed his disappointment at missing the tie against Argentina in Buenos Aires. He looks to have justified his decision to miss the Davis Cup tie with his win in Marseille, but of course he will really be justified if he wins an elusive grand slam this year.