Winning a Wimbledon title would be considered the pinnacle of most careers but having climbed the rankings to become the best men’s doubles player in the world since he claimed that title Jamie Murray has earned the right to be fussy.

Nine years have elapsed since he and Jelena Jankovic came together as a scratch partnership to win the mixed doubles, but Murray makes no secret of targeting the men’s doubles title after narrowly missing out when he and long-time partner John Peers reached last year’s final.

“It’s bigger than the mixed doubles for sure,” said the 30-year-old.

“It’s the tournament I want to win most this year and I’ll be trying my hardest to do it.

“We’re seeded three in the tournament, we won in Australia this year, so of course we’re one of the favourites. I’m not going to sit here and say we’re not, but all the guys who are still in are tough teams and on grass it’s not always easy to break serve and there are a lot of close matches.

“We’re excited to be in the second week and be fighting for the trophy.”

He and new partner Bruno Soares, the Brazilian who is ranked in the world’s top 10 in doubles in his own right, laid out their credentials when they claimed that Australian Open title in January and they have worked their way into the competition, negotiating a tricky battle with Murray’s fellow Scot Colin Fleming and his Israeli partner Jonathan Erlich which went to a deciding set, before they efficiently eased past Argentine pair Federico Delbonis and Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-3 in their second round on ‘People’s Sunday’.

“We needed to play and catch up. They should be pretty much back on track now, especially for singles, but also the doubles,” said Murray.

“It was a good match for us, nice to win in straight sets and we look forward to the next match.

“It wasn’t such a long match today and we’ve only played two matches so I still feel good physically, but now if we want to go further in the tournament we’ve got to play five sets, but it was nice to get through today and save energy for the next match.”

They now meet Mate Pavic of Croatia and New Zealander Michael Venus in the last 16 and while those are unfamiliar names to most Murray is expecting another tough battle.

“They’re a good team who have won three or four tournaments already this year,” he said.

“They’re both big servers, so it’s a difficult match, but it will difficult for them as well.”

The only Scot in the women’s doubles, Jocelyn Rae and partner Anna Smith meanwhile exited in the first round but justified the wildcard they had received by giving Russian fourth seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vasnina a fright in a tough three set battle, going down 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.

After what was an encouraging first week of Wimbledon fortnight for the home contingent the Murray brothers now have a chance of making it the most memorable ever since both are the highest ranked players in the world in their respective competitions.

The older of them noted that every opposing pair will carry a threat to him and Soares, however, while he is too experienced to get carried away with the weekend’s events in the men’s singles.

“It’s boosted the rest of the draw’s chances that the top seed’s out when he’s been so dominant the last two or three years, but that only affects Andy if he gets to the final,” he noted.

“He’s still got to get through side of the draw. He’s got a really difficult match against Kyrgios tomorrow so I’m sure he’s just focusing on that.”