No brothers have ever reached the singles and doubles finals at a Grand Slam before
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Andy Murray set up a weekend of glory for his family Down Under – then revealed he will not watch brother Jamie play in Saturday’s doubles final because it is too stressful, writes Neil McLeman in Melbourne.
The British No.1 battled back to beat Milos Raonic to make it a singles final rematch with Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open .
Jamie is through to the doubles final, but Andy said: “I haven’t watched any of his matches here.
"I try not to watch. I find it pretty stressful to watch, so I won’t. I will just check the score online.”
No brothers have ever reached the singles and doubles finals at a Grand Slam before.
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Andy said: “For it to be the first time to happen, it is incredible really.
"I never would have expected that.
“There’s not many tennis players that have come out of Scotland, so I never expected to be doing this.
“Even at the beginning of last year, Jamie had only maybe made one quarter of a Slam before Wimbledon.
"He was in the final at the US Open and Wimbledon and this is the third one in a row and I hope he can win.
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“He’s playing great tennis and is moving right up to the top of the rankings. I’m very proud of him. My parents will be extremely proud.
“Obviously it is something that’s extremely rare. You’re not going to see it very often.
"We should enjoy it and be proud of it because it’s a tough thing to do.”
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