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Andy Murray and Dan Evans will play doubles together at the French Open after receiving a wildcard into the tournament at Roland Garros.
14 pairs across the men’s and women’s draw have received wildcards. The other 13 are all-French duos. Murray and Evans have entered in a bid to warm up for the Olympics doubles event, which will be played on the Roland Garros clay in June. They are expected to represent Great Britain, though they may not play together, with doubles specialists Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, who have collectively won nine Grand Slam doubles titles, also in contention.
Salisbury will qualify by virtue of being ranked inside the doubles top 10 at world No 5; Skupski is currently world No 10, so is in a good position but a poor run at the French Open could spell trouble.
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Murray, meanwhile, is the only male tennis player in history to have won two Olympic gold medals, in the men’s singles in 2012 and 2016.
The i has reported that this is the first time in 23 years that a men’s pair with no French representation has received a doubles wildcard to the French Open.
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