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Older Murray Jamie Finally Sharing Centre Stage

LONDON — Since his junior days in Dunblane when he was rated a better prospect than his younger brother, Jamie Murray has pretty much lived in the shadow of Andy, until this year that is.

Now, aged 30, a career that was in danger of fizzling out just when Andy's was on the rise, is flourishing and at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday he will take centre stage.

With Australian John Peers, Murray will kick off the elite season-ender at the O2 Arena against Italians Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli, having qualified as one of the best eight teams after reaching the finals of Wimbledon and the U.