JAMIE MURRAY enjoyed a good start to his campaign in the men's doubles yesterday and then said he hopes to partner brother Andy when Britain take on the United States in the Davis Cup next month.
Murray and his Australian partner John Peers combined to beat Argentina's Maximo Gonzalez and Juan Monaco 6-1, 6-7, 6-4 in round one.
The left-hander has not played Davis Cup since 2011, with Colin Fleming, Jonny Marray and Dominic Inglot moving above him in the pecking order.
But having won the title in Brisbane earlier this month, Murray has impressed Britain's captain Leon Smith with his performances, pushing him right into contention for a spot on the team to face the USA, specifically Bob and Mike Bryan, in Glasgow.
"It will be a great tie to play the States in Scotland and great to play with Andy in the doubles against the Bryans," he said.
"That's a pretty cool thing to experience. I would definitely love to play. I haven't talked to Andy about it at all. Of course if it happens it would be amazing. It would be a pretty unique thing to do. I don't know when that's happened before."
Murray said he would be focusing on his Australian Open hopes, rather than worry about who Smith selects for the tie, to be played from March 6-8.
"If I get picked for the team, great," he said. "I've certainly had a good start to the year and we've been playing some good tennis. I'm sure I have a decent chance of getting picked and if that happens, brilliant.
"But I can't really be thinking about that when I am going on the court here to play. You have just got to focus on the task in hand."
"I'm sure it will be a brilliant tie. There will be a lot of noise, lot of crowd support. It's a World Group match as well, it will be huge. I think everyone will be looking forward to it."
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