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Jamie Murray may snub younger sibling Andy for regular doubles partner at Tokyo Olympics

JAMIE Murray may snub brother Andy at his final Olympics.

The Scot, 33, and his younger tennis sibling have bombed out of the mens doubles at the past THREE Olympic Games.

The Murray brothers played at the past three Olympics together but without success
The pair bombed out of the Beijing, London and Rio Games, winning just one match together

Two-time Olympic singles champion Andy, 32, is aiming to be fit for the event in Tokyo, Japan in July.

And he likes playing doubles with his celebrated brother alongside his singles commitments.

ButJamieis loath to end his improving new partnership with Scouser Neal Skupski.

Jamiesaid: Look, my plan just now is to play with Neal.

Whether Andy is fit or not is a different story. But it depends, I guess, on rankings and things like that.

I guess we just have to see closer to the time who has qualified as well.

Jamie Murray is one of the most successful sportsmen in Britain with seven Grand Slam doubles titles
Murray would prefer to play with usual doubles partner Neal Skupski at the Tokyo Olympics

For us right now, weve played a lot of matches, weve played against a lot of good teams, were going to be playing this year.

It makes sense for us to do that but obviously, I guess, if Andys fit and healthy, hell obviously have a say in what the teams are going to be. Which is fair enough.

The pair bombed at Wimbledon in their first major together but then reached the US Open semi-finals last autumn.

At the Australian Open, they beat Pole Hubert Hurkacz and Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4 in the first round of the mens doubles.

They now face Americans Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey in round two.

According to Skupski, the deadline for Olympic selection will be around the same time as the French Open in Paris, which starts on May 24.

Jamieadded: Andy, if hes fit, would want to play I guess for the LTA its to decide who the best two teams are to enter into the competition.

And truthfully, its not something Ive spent masses of time thinking about because at the end of the day, its like one tournament.

My focus this year was trying to do the best we can with Neal and keep trying to build on our partnership and be the best team.

Thats what we want to do. The Olympics are not going to change that, whether I play with Neal or someone else.

Our goal is to finish as high up the rankings as we can.

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