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Australian Open 2016: Jamie Murray to face Jonathan Marray in doubles

By Raz Mirza

Sunday 17 January 2016 22:51, UK

Jamie Murray of Great Britain (left) and Bruno Soares of Brazil (right) pose with the winners trophy at the 2016 Sydney International
Image: Jamie Murray of Great Britain [left] and Bruno Soares of Brazil [right] won the Sydney International

Jamie Murray will come up against fellow Brit Jonathan Marray following the draw for the first round of the Australian Open men's doubles.

Murray's new partnership with Bruno Soares got off to a flying start when the pair lifted the doubles title at the Apia International Sydney at the weekend.

The 29-year-old Scot teamed up with 33-year-old Brazilian Soares after ending his successful association with John Peers last year.

Murray and Soares, seeded seventh in Melbourne, now head into the first Grand Slam of the year in confident mood where Marray and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi from Pakistan await.

Sam Groth and Lleyton Hewitt of Australia celebrate match point as they defeat Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan in Davis Cup
Image: Lleyton Hewitt [left] and Sam Groth carry home hopes

Fellow Briton Dominic Inglot and his partner Robert Lindstedt take on Sergey Betov and Teymuraz Gabashvili, while the Dutch-Romanian combo and top seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau face Martin Klizana and Sergiy Stakhovsky.

Lleyton Hewitt, making his last appearance before hanging up his racquet, teams up with fellow Aussie Sam Groth against the Serb pair of Dusan Lajovic and Viktor Troicki.

Mike (l) and Bob Bryan celebrate during their Davis Cup doubles win in GB v USA
Image: Mike [left] and Bob Bryan are looking to win seventh Aussie Open crown

Third seeds Bob and Mike Bryan go in search of a 17th Grand Slam title when they open up against Chris Guccione and Andre Sa.

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In the women's draw, British pair Heather Watson and Johanna Konta have been drawn against 16th seeds Gabriela Dabrowski from Canada and Poland's Alicja Rosolska.

Martina Hingis (L) of Switzerland and Sania Mirza (R) of India celebrate with the US Open winner's trophy
Image: Martina Hingis [left] and Sania Mirza are US Open champions

Swiss tennis great Martina Hingis and Indian partner Sania Mirza take on South American duo Mariana Duque-Marino and Teliana Pereira, fresh from winning their 11th WTA title together and second of this year at the Sydney International.

We will bring you all the news, views and reaction from the Australian Open starting on Monday.

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