"Murray wins Wimbledon!"

The headline was destined never to be written when big British hope Andy Murray succumbed to a wrist injury on the eve of the Championships.

But big brother Jamie stepped into the breach and, with help from his reluctant partner Jelena Jankovic, became Britain's first Wimbledon champion for 20 years when they triumphed in the mixed doubles final.

They defeated fifth seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Alicia Molik 6-4 3-6 6-1 on Centre Court in the last match of the 2007 Championships to bring down the curtain on this year's Wimbledon in style with the most unlikeliest of successes.

Andy Murray was not even born when Jeremy Bates and Joe Durie lifted the mixed doubles title in 1987, 10 years after Virginia Wade's triumph in the women's singles.

Andy watched from the stands as Jamie emerged from the shadow of his younger brother, while the 22-year-old Jankovic also won the hearts of the Centre-Court crowd, who warmed to her beaming smile and unique charm before celebrating a famous victory.

As they lifted the trophy and £90,000 winners' cheque, they were left to reflect on Jankovic's initial resistance to the partnership.

The pair grew in confidence with every match as they laughed and joked their way to the final but they played some serious tennis along the way.

on Sunday Murray was the first to drop his serve but, with Jankovic hitting the ball sweetly from the back of the court, it was not long before the "home" pair got on top of their experienced opponents.

The latest in a series of fine lobs secured a first break against Bjorkman and Murray produced a 128mph serve to take out the first set.

Jankovic dropped her serve for the first time and Murray was broken again to give Molik the chance to serve for the second set.

Trailing 1-5 and 15-40, Murray and Jankovic dug deep to save the two set points to retrieve one of the breaks and they saved two more before Bjorkman served out to take the set 6-3 and level the match.

The Scottish-Serbian pair came out fighting in the decider, denying their opponents a point in the first two games, and came from 0-40 down to open up a 3-0 lead.

They were simply irresistible by now and, urged on by the patriotic crowd, overwhelmed their opponents in the end.

After the match Murray conceded he had not seen himself as a serious contender.

"No, of course not," he said. "I can't honestly ever think that I would or say that I thought I would win one, especially this year, and also in the mixed doubles.

"But it's happened and I'm lovin' it. I don't know if it's sunk in but it feels pretty good."

He also admitted he received little advice from his brother, the world number eight.

"I didn't really speak to him much at all during the tournament because he was off doing his own thing, doing his rehab and that," he said.

"I saw him this morning. We actually arrived at the same time - he was going to watch the men's final - and he wished me luck.

"Obviously he wanted me to do as well as I possibly could. We won the tournament, so he can't ask for more."

Murray paid tribute to his partner, a self-confessed novice at doubles, saying: "She won the match in the end because she kept returning the guy's serve and I couldn't do it," he said.

"Eventually I made one. They left it. We got that 5-1 and then she served it out pretty easy. I got to say thanks to her for that."

Jankovic added: "It's really an incredible feeling for me to be there and to hold the trophy. "It's something that I always dreamed of.

"I would love one day to have that feeling and have a trophy, singles trophy."