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Wimbledon: Jamie Murray into a Wimbledon final before his brother Andy with doubles win

Britain's Jamie Murray (L) and his partner Australia's John Peers (R) high-five between points at Wimbledon
Image: Britain's Jamie Murray (L) is into the doubles final

Jamie Murray upstaged his brother Andy as he became the first Briton into a Wimbledon final at this year's championships.

Andy Murray's older sibling won his men's doubles semi-final in front of a packed Centre Court crowd with Australian partner John Peers, the duo seeing off the combination of Jonathan Erlich and Philipp Petzschner 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2.

The pair hugged after winning the match in four sets, while Jamie's mother Judy looked emotional in the players' box.

They will play Dutchman Jean-Julien Roger and Romanian Horia Tecau in the final.

Murray won the mixed doubles in 2007 with Serb Jelena Jankovic, and began playing with Peers two-and-a-half years ago.

"It was a great result for us," Murray said. "We got off to a bit of a slow start, especially me with my serve, I was struggling.

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"I think we were helped out by 'Joni' (Erlich) struggling a lot with his knee, which didn't help them.

"It was a Wimbledon semi-final so we put it out of our minds. John played a lot of great shots especially at the end of the third set and start of the fourth and we didn't look back from there.

"This is our third year together so for doubles teams that's quite a long while. Most guys seem to fall out with each other and quit on it or try for something better.

"We've stuck through it, we're in the Wimbledon final, we're excited to be here.

"Hopefully on Saturday we can lift the trophy but we're going to have a really tough match."

Peers added: "It's like a marriage out there. You spend that much time at each other you've got to enjoy the ride because it's always up and down, but if there's more ups than downs it's a good ride."

British No 1 Andy Murray will try to secure his place in the Wimbledon men's singles final on Friday when he takes on Roger Federer in the last four.

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