Andy Murray returns for Davis Cup tie against Team Hungary – Tennis News
Top Brit and world number four, Andy Murray confirmed today that he would return to Scotland after the culmination of the 2011 US Open at the end of the week and is looking forward to participating in the Group II tie against Hungary
on the 16th of September.
A top ranked Brit, Murray only returned to the Davis Cup this year in July when he headlined the team against their second round tie against Luxembourg. Absent from the tie against Tunisia in the first round in March, Murray had
last played at the Davis Cup in 2009 when Great Britain had played Team Poland. Although Murray had won both of his ties then against Michal Przysiezny and Jerzy Janowicz, Great Britain had lost the tie.
However, the inform Brit looks to help raise Great Britain in the Davis Cup rankings as they play Hungary in the third round for a spot in Group I in 2012. Although absent from the tie with Tunisia, Murray had been Godsend against
Luxembourg as he helped steamrolled Laurent Bram and Gilles Muller in the singles rubbers and the team of Mike Vermeer and Bram partnering brother Jamie Murray in the doubles rubber.
Debuting in the Davis Cup in 2005, Murray sports an amazing 12-1 win loss mark for singles rubbers and an acceptable 2-5 for doubles rubbers in his seven years at the event.
Although brother Jamie Murray is absent from the line-up against Hungary, Team Great Britain is not without its local talent. Headlining the team, Murray is joined by local rising star James Ward, Colin Fleming and doubles specialist
Ross Hutchins.
Britain’s last hopes of making it big in the tennis world, Murray, the 2011 Australian Open finalist and the titlist at the 2011 Cincinnati Masters, is currently competing at the season closing Grand Slam, the 2011 US Open. Seeded
fourth at the event, Murray is scheduled to play local talent and wildcard entrant, Donald Young in his fourth round match at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday, 6th September. Although Murray’s chances of winning the Grand Slam are still shrouded, his
chances of leading Great Britain into Group I are perhaps as clear as day. A top-ten player against players ranked well outside the top 200, the odds could never have been more in the Brit’s favour.
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