If 4 British males qualify to play singles, it doubtlessly turns into extra simple.
World quantity 5 Joe Salisbury and Tenth-ranked Neal Skupski might full the utmost six-man group: Skupski to play with Evans, with whom he has loved earlier success, and Salisbury with Murray, having solely been denied a semi-final place in Tokyo by a good Croatian comeback from Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig.
But when Evans doesn’t make the group, it turns into trickier, particularly as Salisbury and Skupski are open in regards to the truth they would favor to play collectively.
“We undoubtedly take pleasure in enjoying collectively and suppose we are able to do properly. I believe that will be the primary selection for each of us,” Salisbury informed BBC Sport on the Madrid Open.
“I’ve all the time liked enjoying with Joe,” Skupski added.
“Each time I get on court docket with Joe, it is actual particular and hopefully we are able to play the Olympics collectively. We’re simply ready to see what the blokes on the LTA suppose.”
Solely top-10 gamers are assured a spot within the draw, and so Skupski might must match final 12 months’s run to the French Open quarter-finals to verify of that place.
Entry is in any other case decided by a pair’s mixed rating, which is calculated by including their singles or doubles rating collectively.
If Murray says he want to play each singles and doubles, it might be a courageous name to disclaim him the chance in what is anticipated to be the ultimate event of a glittering profession.
Medals are additionally on supply within the blended doubles, which permits no multiple pair per nation. The entry listing shall be drawn up from the rankings within the week earlier than the Video games, with locations solely out there to beforehand chosen gamers. As issues stand, Salisbury and Boulter would have the strongest likelihood of incomes a spot within the draw, however Boulter might not really feel in a position to play in all three occasions.
