JAMIE MURRAY admits he has a great opportunity to reach a third straight grand slam final after he and new partner Bruno Soares edged out Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 yesterday to reach the semi-final of the men's doubles.

Murray and Soares, who won their first title together 10 days ago in Sydney, won the deciding tie-break 7-3 to set up a meeting with the unseeded French pair of Lucas Pouille and Adrian Mannarino.

Klaasen and Ram had beaten former world No.1s Bob and Mike Bryan in the previous round but two fantastic points early in the tie-break helped the Scotland-Brazil partnership get over the line.

Pouille and Mannarino took out the No.1 seeds, Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, yesterday but Murray said it was a golden opportunity to reach a third straight grand slam doubles final.

“It’s a great opportunity for us to get to the final,” Murray said. “Nobody would have thought that they would have been in the semi-final at the start of the tournament but they’re two good players.

“It’s going to be a tough match; they’ve beaten a lot of good teams along the way. They’re obviously playing well and doing things right. But we know we’ve got a great chance to win and if we keep performing like we do then it’ll be a hard match, hopefully.”

Murray said he is enjoying playing with Soares, who is also chasing his first grand slam men’s doubles title.

“He’s an experienced guy, he’s played a lot of big matches in his career, been at the top of the game for the last few years,” Murray said.

“He plays well under pressure, I think that’s his biggest strength – that he stays composed, never looks like he’s rushing, seems to have a plan of what he wants to do, he trusts himself and hopefully he trusts me as well.”