JAMIE Murray's part of the combined Murray mission at this year's ATP World Tour Finals is almost complete. He and his partner Bruno Soares this morning stand one win away from finishing the year as the best doubles pairing in the business.

Having edged 25 points ahead of French duo Nicolas Mahut and Pierre Hugues Herbert in the standings with their third win at the o2 this week, a 6-3, 3-6 (10-6) win against Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, there are now two occasions where that badly-needed win might come along.

While Murray and Soares appear well capable of getting there under their own steam by winning tomorrow's semi-final, first the Scot's Australian former doubles partner John Peers and his Finnish partner Henri Kontinen could do them a favour by defeating Herbert and Mahut in today's final group match.

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Despite being the individual doubles No 1 back in April, topping the individual rankings is the one thing the elder Murray sibling cannot achieve. Courtesy of a couple of tournaments played in the company of his countryman Melo, Soares has 95 more points to his name this year than Jamie does. Should the already-eliminated French duo lose again today and Murray and Soares go on to claim the title, it is the Brazilian will be able to call himself the best doubles player in the world. "I don't really care [how it happens]," said Jamie, only for his Brazilian partner to over-rule him. "No I care. Finish for us tomorrow. It's easier!"

Having launched this pairing shortly after last year's ATP World Tour Finals, this arrangement had harvested a Grand Slam win when it was only 12 matches old. "It [both Murray brothers finishing the year as world number ones] wasn't something I really thought about to be honest," said Jamie. "Look I entered the year with a new partner. Of course I was hoping it was going to go well. I really thought that it would. To be honest it was probably harder for Andy than us because Djokovic was winning everything. Doubles was a lot more open, I felt. But we won the right tournaments that kept us in the hunt for it. We'll be doing our best over the weekend to make that happen."

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This was a fine performance from Murray and Soares, even if the loss of the Brazilian's serve at the end of the second set forced them to see it through on a Championship tie break. Some magical volleying from the Scot helped take the first set, while a service winner on match point won the day. The Manchester United fan was watched on yesterday by David Beckham and his son Romeo, who is a talented young tennis player. "He obviously likes tennis, his son's really into it as well. He's a big fan and it is good for tennis when guys like that come out to watch the events. There's been a lot of people here this week, famous faces from the sporting world. I think it gives everyone a little buzz."