Brother, look at me now

There was a Murray

lifting a trophy on Centre

Court on the final

day of the Wimbledon

championships to

supply the British sporting

public with the fairytale

finale they have been fantasising

about for months.

But it was Jamie stepping out of

the shadow of his younger brother

Andy as he and Jelena Jankovic

beat Tomas Bjorkman and Alicia

Molik 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to win the mixed

doubles final.

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Murray senior became the first

British Wimbledon winner since

Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie in the

mixed doubles 20 years ago, and

his brother was courtside to share

the moment.

Andy, the British No 1, who was

forced to miss Wimbledon with a

wrist injury, raised both fists into

the air as the match was secured.

"Andy was really pumped up. I

saw him as I left the court and he

said he was so proud of what I've

done," said 21-year-old Jamie, who

received a hug from his 20-year-old

brother, before heading off to the

Champions Ball with Jankovic and

the promise of many kisses from

his Serbian mixed doubles partner.

"I was motivating him every time

by saying if you get this point you

will get many kisses and he did it,"

said Jankovic. "This is what I had

to do to pump him up to play great tennis. It was amazing. It has been

a great experience playing with

Jamie and he is pretty sweet.

"He was asking me all day what

dress I will be wearing for the ball

and whether it would be short or

long. Well, I have to disappoint him

because it is very long."

Unseeded, Murray and Jankovic

teamed up only just before

Wimbledon but struck an instant

understanding and their combination

of styles has worked perfectly.

Jankovic was supreme in the

final. Strong and athletic, she

stepped into Bjorkman's fierce

serve with relish and produced a

sequence of delicious groundstrokes.

Home favourite Murray lived up

to his nickname 'Stretch' with

some great speed, anticipation and

elasticity at the net.

With such chemistry, there's no

wonder rumours of romance have

been quick to follow their success

on court as they laugh and giggle

and whisper tactics behind their

hands like playground sweethearts.

The high-fives they

exchange after a winner seem to

contain a little extra tenderness.

'Come on Mrs Murray' came an

excited cry from near the back of

the stands. But asked afterwards

whether she had a boyfriend,

Jankovic said: "I have lots."

The pair had walked out to a near

empty arena, with most of the

Centre Court crowd off seeking

refreshment after Roger Federer

had rewritten history in the men's

singles, but the atmosphere soon

warmed up as supporters returned

to their seats.

Fifth seeds Bjorkman and Molik

had started the day on Court 13,

beating Fabrice Santoro and Severine

Bremond in a three-set semifinal.

They broke Murray's serve to

take an early lead in the final but

soon surrendered the initiative.

A Murray ace produced two set

points and the Scot followed it up

with a precision lob which Bjorkman,

scampering to the baseline,

could only slap into the net.

The smiles continued, even when

Bjorkman and Molik took the second

set to level. Murray and

Jankovic won the first two games

of the third without dropping a

point and then they came back

from 0-40 down to hold the

Jankovic serve. Then they coasted

home from here. "He loves you

Jelena' came another cry from the

stands and Jankovic creased up

with laughter. Even her mother

applauded the idea.

It fell to Jankovic to served out

for the match and she did so without

fuss. Bjorkman and Molik

became the fifth pair of seeds to fall

victim to the scratch partnership.

Murray said: "I never dared to

think I would win a Grand Slam

tournament, let alone in the mixed

doubles, but it's happened and I'm

loving it."

Such a happy ending had seemed

impossible two weeks ago as the

British men and women were

rapidly skittled out of the singles'

competitions in between the rain.

m.barlow@dailymail.co.uk