Jamie Murray loss makes it tough for siblings

Published on Friday 3 July 2009 23:13

JAMIE Murray failed to provide some consolation for younger brother Andy's failure to reach the Wimbledon men's final when he and partner Liezel Huber were beaten in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles, writes Eve Fodens.

The unseeded pair lost 6-2, 7-5 on Centre Court to ninth seeds Mark Knowles, of the Bahamas, and Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld.

Huber twice dropped her serve and Murray was broken to love in the fourth game as the British-American pair went a set down.

They were more competitive in the second set, which remained on serve until Murray, who won the title two years ago with Jelena Jankovic, was broken in the ninth game.

Knowles was broken for the first time as he served for the match but Groenefeld made no mistake as she set up a meeting in tomorrow's final with India's Leander Paes and Zimbabwean Cara Black, who gained a 6-4, 6-4 win over Brazil's Andre Sa and Japan's Ai Sugiyama in the first semi-final.

In the juniors, Thai Noppawan Lertcheewakarn was first to book a place in the girl's singles final with a straight sets 6-2, 6-0 victory over Hungary's Timea Babos.

The No4 seed's final opponent will be the top-seeded Kristina Mladenovic after the French teenager toppled Japan's Miyabi Inoue 6-1, 6-2.

The boy's final will be between the USA's Jordan Cox, who defeated compatriot Devin Britton, and Russian Andrey Kuznetsov, who ousted Australia's Bernard Tomic.