England’s tennis gamers spoiled the Christmas occasion of the Murray brothers after they eased to victory within the Battle of the Brits problem.
Doubtlessly the final time that Jamie, 36, and Andy, 35, will play doubles collectively in Scotland was lowered to a lifeless rubber after Paul Jubb defeated Aidan McHugh 6-2, 6-2 to present England an unassailable 8-1 lead.
If this was to be Andy Murray’s final look in Scotland, then at the least it ended on a constructive word, as he and Jamie noticed off Dan Evans and world No 1 Neal Skupski 6-3, 6-4 within the late match earlier than one other enthusiastic capability crowd in Aberdeen.
England eased to victory within the Battle of the Brits problem on Thursday night time
Jamie and Andy Murray ended on a constructive word although with a doubles victory
It may very well be the previous Wimbledon champion’s last look in Scotland in his profession
Earlier on within the singles, the previous Wimbledon champion went down narrowly to GB No 2 Evans — after Jubb and Skupski had clinched the day’s opening doubles — dropping 6-4, 3-6, 10-8 to his Davis Cup colleague.
Whether or not or not this was the brothers’ final occasion collectively north of the border, Murray wouldn’t rule out them teaming up once more earlier than his physique lastly succumbs to the passage of time.
‘After I had the hip damage and wasn’t capable of play singles, that was one thing we checked out, enjoying some doubles for a 12 months or some main occasions collectively,’ mentioned the youthful sibling.
‘Whether or not it occurs sooner or later, I don’t know. Now we have each acquired households and it must be one thing that we each actually needed to do.
‘Now we have had some nice moments collectively, unbelievable recollections, and it was good attending to do it once more in a fantastic environment.’
Dan Evans beat Murray earlier on within the night earlier than he misplaced Andy and Jamie in doubles motion
