Murray/Soares March On In London

Second seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares made the most of their debut as a pairing on Sunday in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, recording a competitive 6-4, 7-5 win in the Edberg/Jarryd group over eighth seeds Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi.

Little separated both teams in the early stages of the match. Murray saved four break points in the opening game, then played a crucial role in his team breaking Mirnyi to take an early 3-1 lead. The Brit was unable to convert on a deuce point on his serve at 5-3, but the second seeds rebounded strongly by immediately breaking Huey to take wrap up the opening set.

Huey/Mirnyi were unable to take advantage of their break point chances, missing two more on Murray’s serve in the opening game of the second set and then gifting Murray/Soares an early break with a Huey double fault. The eighth seeds were able to level the match by breaking Murray at 1-3.

Despite the fighting efforts of Huey/Mirnyi, Murray/Soares continued to hold the advantage throughout the set. The eighth seeds saved a match point on Huey’s serve at 4-5, but Murray/Soares broke Mirnyi on their third match point to wrap up the contest in one hour and 20 minutes.

Soares is making his third appearance at The O2, with his best result being a semi-final finish in 2013 (w/Peya). Murray is making his second consecutive appearance, but has never advanced past the round-robin stages.

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