Andy Murray and brother Jamie will play Rinky Hijikata and John Peers at Wimbledon after being named as doubles wildcards.
The two-time singles champion’s participation at the tournament was in doubt after struggling to shake off a back issue. But he was confirmed to be a wildcard alongside his brother Jamie.
The Scottish brothers are one of seven mens’ doubles wildcards handed places - all of which being British entrants. And Murray has now found out who he will be playing.
Friday’s doubles draw pitted them against John Peers and Rinky Hijikata. It gives Murray, 37, a chance to round off his Wimbledon career with success.
He previously expressed his desire to play once more at the All-England club, while his participation in the doubles was more likely than in the singles’ tournament. Speaking ahead of Wimbledon, he said: “I feel that I deserve the opportunity to give it until the very last moment to make that decision. It’s complicated and it’s made more complicated because I want to play at Wimbledon one more time."
Boris Becker “stronger” after prison stint as he posts New Year message to fansHe added: “It has been mentioned to me: ‘Are you going to withdraw before the draw at 10 a.m. on Friday?’ And I’m like, ‘Well, no, I’m not. I’m going to wait until the last minute,”
“This is not clear-cut, where I am 100% going to be ready to play or there is a 0% chance that I can play. That is the situation. I would say it’s probably more likely that I’m not able to play singles right now.”
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The Murray brothers will now be aiming to become just the second wildcard Wimbledon men’s doubles champions since Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in 2012. Murray has also never won a doubles tournament at Wimbledon, with his only successes at the All England Club coming in singles.
Elsewhere in the mens’ draw, number one seeded Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos will take on French duo Arthur Fils and Ugo Humbert. Rajeev Ram has teamed up with British star Joe Salisbury and they take on William Blumberg and Casper Ruud in the first round of the doubles competition.
Away from doubles, Murray has also learned his singles fate after the draw was completed. He will play Tomas Machac but only if he is fit enough.
The draw for the ladies' doubles tournament was also completed on Friday. Number two in the world Coco Gauff has teamed up with Jessica Pegula and will take on UIkrainian duo Anhelina Kalinina and DayanaYastremska
The mixed doubles draw will take place on Wednesday, July 3.
Full mens' draw:
GRANOLLERS ESP / ZEBALLOS ARG vs FILS FRA / HUMBERT FRA
MAHUT FRA / MANSOURI TUN vs KOKKINAKIS AUS / SHAPOVALOV CAN
Chris Evert supporting Navratilova after cancer diagnosis “like she did mine”OFNER AUT / WEISSBORN AUT vs HIDALGO ECU / TABILO CHI
BAEZ ARG / BROWN JAM vs NYS MON / ZIELINSKI POL
LAMMONS USA / WITHROW USA vs GIRON USA / MICHELSEN USA
MCDONALD USA / SHELTON USA vs COBOLLI ITA / SONEGO ITA
BUBLIK KAZ / SHEVCHENKO KAZ vs BHAMBRI IND / OLIVETTI FRA
DARDERI ITA / ROMBOLI BRA vs KRAWIETZ GER / PUETZ GER
RAM USA / SALISBURY GBR vs BLUMBERG USA / RUUD NOR
CORNEA ROU / MAROZSAN HUN vs MIES GER / SMITH AUS
MARTIN FRA / MIDDELKOOP NED vs GRIEKSPOOR NED / STEVENS NED
CLARKE GBR / WILLIS GBR vs PURCELL AUS / THOMPSON AUS
GONZALEZ ARG / MOLTENI ARG vs TSITSIPAS GRE / TSITSIPAS GRE
MACHAC CZE / ZHANG CHN vs BEHAR URU / PAVLASEK CZE
BORGES POR / RINDERKNECH FRA vs BROOM GBR / FERY GBR
CORIA ARG / NAVONE ARG vs KOOLHOF NED / MEKTIC CRO
BOLELLI ITA / VAVASSORI ITA vs HELIOVAARA FIN / PATTEN GBR
MARTINEZ ESP / MUNAR ESP vs LAJOVIC SRB / NAGAL IND
FEARNLEY GBR / PINNINGTON JONES GBR vs MATOS BRA / MELO BRA
BARRIENTOS COL / CABRAL POR vs DODIG CRO / KRAJICEK USA
DOUMBIA FRA / REBOUL FRA vs CRAWFORD GBR / EDMUND GBR
CASH GBR / GALLOWAY USA vs ARRIBAGE FRA / DANIELL NZL
CARBALLES BAENA ESP / CARRENO BUSTA ESP vs ESCOBAR ECU / NEDOVYESOV KAZ
BALAJI IND / JOHNSON GBR vs AREVALO ESA / PAVIC CRO
GONZALEZ MEX / ROGER-VASSELIN FRA vs EVANS GBR / SEARLE GBR
GASTON FRA / MOUTET FRA vs BROADY GBR / HARRIS GBR
HIJIKATA AUS / PEERS AUS vs MURRAY GBR / MURRAY GBR
ERLER AUT / MIEDLER AUT vs SKUPSKI GBR / VENUS NZL
GILLE BEL / VLIEGEN BEL vs CERUNDOLO ARG / ETCHEVERRY ARG
ANDREOZZI ARG / REYES-VARELA MEX vs GLASSPOOL GBR / ROJER NED
FRANTZEN GER / JEBENS GER vs KOTOV / RODRIGUEZ COL
MANNARINO FRA / MPETSHI PE vs BOPANNA IND / EBDEN AUS
Full Ladies draw:
HSIEH TPE / MERTENS BEL vs BARNETT GBR / CHRISTIE GBR
WANG CHN / ZHU CHN vs APPLETON GBR / MIYAZAKI GBR
KATO JPN / ZHANG CHN MORATELLI ITA / PODOROSKA ARG
7. MINNEN BEL / WATSON GBR vs KENIN USA / MATTEK-SANDS USA
9. GAUFF USA / PEGULA USA vs KALININA UKR / YASTREMSKA UKR
FRECH POL / KAWA POL vs DANILINA KAZ / XU CHN
AZARENKA / BADOSA ESP vs ALEXANDROVA / PAVLYUCHENKOVA
DART GBR / LUMSDEN GBR vs ERRANI ITA / PAOLINI ITA
SINIAKOVA CZE / TOWNSEND USA vs MASAROVA ESP / NOSKOVA CZE
PITER POL / TOMOVA BUL vs BUREL FRA / OSORIO COL
GUO CHN / JIANG CHN vs FERNANDEZ CAN / SHIBAHARA JPN
ROSATELLO ITA / SAMSONOVA vs EIKERI NOR / NEEL EST
KICHENOK UKR / OSTAPENKO LAT vs SAVILLE AUS / YUAN CHN
BLINKOVA / SHERIF EGY vs HOZUMI JPN / UCHIJIMA JPN
LINETTE POL / STEARNS USA vs BOGDAN ROU / CRISTIAN ROU
MIHALIKOVA SVK / NICHOLLS GBR vs SCHUURS NED / STEFANI BRA
DOLEHIDE USA / KRAWCZYK USA vs AOYAMA JPN / KRUNIC SRB
NAVARRO USA / PARRY FRA vs BRONZETTI ITA / GRACHEVA FRA
WANG CHN / ZHENG CHN vs GARCIA FRA / MLADENOVIC FRA
AVANESYAN / KALASHNIKOVA GEO vs BOUZKOVA CZE / SORRIBES TORMO ESP
MUHAMMAD USA / SUTJIADI INA vs BEGU ROU / TREVISAN ITA
SHNAIDER / VESNINA vs BEKTAS USA / SANTAMARIA USA
BAINS GBR / RAJECKI GBR vs BABOS HUN / KICHENOK UKR
GREY GBR / MOORE GBR vs MELICHAR-MARTINEZ USA / PEREZ AUS
KREJCIKOVA CZE / SIEGEMUND GER vs MURRAY SHARAN GBR / SILVA GBR
BAPTISTE USA / PARKS USA vs NINOMIYA JPN / WU TPE
BUCSA ESP / HIBINO JPN vs MARIA GER / RUS NED
KRUEGER USA / STEPHENS USA vs CHAN TPE / KUDERMETOVA
OLMOS MEX / PANOVA vs KOSTYUK UKR / RUSE ROU
SIZIKOVA / WANG CHN vs KALINSKAYA / VEKIC CRO
GAMARRA MARTINS BRA / HADDAD MAIA BRA vs KHROMACHEVA / RAKHIMOVA
ANDREEVA / POTAPOVA vs DABROWSKI CAN / ROUTLIFFE NZL
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