Jamie Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands have been beaten in the Australian Open mixed doubles final.
The Scot and his American partner narrowly lost out 7-5 4-6 (1-10)* to Barbora Krejcikova and Nikola Mektic following a final set tiebreaker at the Rod Laver Arena.
As a result, the pair miss out on a third Grand Slam title as a doubles pairing, having won at the US Open in 2018 and 2019.
Murray, 33, would have become the most decorated British player in Grand Slam history if he triumphed but the wait goes on for the Briton.
Murray and Mattek-Sands made an inauspicious start, with the Scot dropping his serve in the first game.
It stayed that way until Mektic served for the set at 5-4 and sent down a double fault on the deciding point.
Murray and Mattek-Sands seized their second opportunity with relish, breaking Krejcikova's serve to take the set as Mattek-Sands threaded a backhand on the line.
It was the Murray serve that proved vulnerable again in the fifth game of the second set, although the British-American pair could count themselves unlucky as the ball kicked up off the net cord and made life difficult on the volley for Mattek-Sands.
The American's serve was then broken and, although Murray and Mattek-Sands retrieved one of the breaks, Krejcikova and Mektic pushed the match into a deciding tie-break.
Additional reporting from the Press Association.
