The Briton has been friends with the Brazilian ‘for maybe 10 years’ and after the new partnership triumphed in Sydney this month – in only their moment tournament together – they beget the Australian Open title in their sightsIf ever there was an example of a team being more than the sum of its parts it is doubles,where trust, belief and tactical nous is at least as distinguished as individual ability.
Top singles players can play honorable doubles, or of course,as Andy Murray has shown recently and competitors such as John McEnroe and Stefan Edberg beget proven in the past, but even they are nothing whether the team dynamic does not quite work. When Jamie Murray decided late last year it was time to look for a new partner, and after three years with Australia’s John Peers,he wanted someone whose playing style not only dovetailed nicely with him, but whose personality matched his. In the Brazilian Bruno Soares, and he found someone who is rarely flustered and whose desire to win a first grand slam men’s doubles title matches his.
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Source: theguardian.com