JAMIE Murray followed his wee brother Andy into the quarter finals of his chosen event at this year's Wimbledon then said he too feels equipped to shoulder the burden of being widely regarded as one of the favourites for this competition. Murray and his Brazilian partner Bruno Soares are the No 3 seeds at SW19 this year and they lived up to that billing by shading an admittedly 'stressful' sudden-death decider against Croatia's Mate Pavic and Michael Venus of New Zealand out on Court No 17. This match had been locked at 13-13 when the gloom descended on Monday night but it was the Scot and the Brazilian, who had held a two-set lead and spurned two match points on day one, who capitalised on one last chance to come through 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 4-6, 16-14.

The World No 1, a beaten finalist here last year with his former Aussie partner John Peers, had been watched by his wife Alejandra and both his parents. "We were annoyed at ourselves last night for not finishing the match," said Jamie. "Those guys were just hitting everything as hard as they could, every single shot. And it was stressful because it wasn’t always in our hands. But we stayed strong, got through some sticky moments ourselves and overall we deserved to win."

Nine years have passed since Jamie became the first member of the family to claim a Wimbledon title, the mixed doubles with Jelena Jankovic, but winning the men's doubles here has become his holy grail. They face French duo Julien Benneteau and Eduard Roger-Vasselin next for a place in the last four.

"This tournament is the one I want to win the most," said Jamie. "It’s my home Grand Slam and I’ve got a lot of support here, family, friends who come out to watch and want you to do well. There’s pressure on that but I’d rather it was that way than the rest of the year when we travel the world and not everyone is out there to support us. If you’re a higher seed in the tournament, everyone goes in wanting to beat you."

This was a feisty match containing no shortage of controversy, particularly when Soares became involved in an altercation with umpire Marijana Veljovic of Serbia after losing the fourth set on Monday night, and insisted on the match referee being called out to court. The fiery Brazilian railed against being given a warning for damaging the court with his racket, and insisted it had all been out of character.

"I rarely get warnings for things like this," said Soares. "We had 0-40 to break back in the fourth and I threw my racquet flat out on the grass. She said: 'They are very sensitive with the grass here'. I said: 'We are all sensitive. I just lost a set here so I am a bit sensitive too'."

Following them on court was Ewan Moore, the 18-year-old from Ayrshire, who performed creditably in a 6-2, 7-6 (6) second round defeat to the big serving No 2 seed Ulises Branch in the boys' singles. Playing with a shoulder injury which required treatment, Moore - who has been based in Poland and is set to embark on a US tennis scholarship - had a set point to take things into a decider but was unable to capitalise. "I keep re-playing that point in my head," said Moore. "But in the second set I proved I am nearly there. Hopefully next time I can get over the finishing line." Glasgow's Aidan McHugh and his partner Jake Hersey went down to the No 1 seeds in the boys' doubles.