LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) Jamie Murray became the first British winner at Wimbledon in 20 years when he and Serbian partner, Jelena Jankovic defeated Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Australia's Alicia Molik in today's mixed doubles final.
The 6-4 3-6 6-1 victory provided a buzzing late evening Centre Court crowd with their first home winner since Britons Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie won the same event in 1987.
Murray, older brother of world number eight Andy, played some scintillating volleys to inspire the consistently smiling unseeded pair to a tight first-set victory.
The 35-year-old Bjorkman and Molik, who have won 11 doubles grand slam titles between them and were seeded fifth, broke twice to level but a double final-set break gave the Serb, the Scot and the home crowd the championship finish they wanted.
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The 6-4 3-6 6-1 victory provided a buzzing late evening Centre Court crowd with their first home winner since Britons Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie won the same event in 1987.
Murray, older brother of world number eight Andy, played some scintillating volleys to inspire the consistently smiling unseeded pair to a tight first-set victory.
The 35-year-old Bjorkman and Molik, who have won 11 doubles grand slam titles between them and were seeded fifth, broke twice to level but a double final-set break gave the Serb, the Scot and the home crowd the championship finish they wanted.
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