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Murray out of Davis Cup squad « on: February 09, 2010, 02:25 PM »
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Andy Murray's withdrawal from Great Britain's Davis Cup squad has given captain David Lloyd a chance to analyse some untried talent.

Great Britain play Lithuania in Vilnius on March 5-7, where Dan Evans, Jamie Baker and rookie James Ward will compete for the two singles spots.

Without Murray, Great Britain's options are limited. Ward is yet to play in Davis Cup and Evans lost both of his singles rubbers in the last tie against Poland.

Ross Hutchins and established pair Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski will fight for doubles places. "Flemski" ended 2009 with two titles and rankings just outside the top 50. They will be favourites for the doubles rubber.

However, Lloyd's men are in woeful Davis Cup form and have not won a tie since 2007 when they upset Croatia.

Lloyd will announce his final four man squad on 23 February.
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #1 on: February 09, 2010, 02:33 PM »
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Davis Cup is more interesting now Andy is out, before I didn't care.
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #2 on: February 09, 2010, 02:41 PM »
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I bet the BBC are gutted Murray is not playing hahaha.
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 02:45 PM »
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Will they even bother to broadcast it now?
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #4 on: February 09, 2010, 02:51 PM »
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Quote from: Mark on February 09, 2010, 02:45 PM
Will they even bother to broadcast it now?
There coverage has still to be announced...
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #5 on: February 09, 2010, 04:37 PM »
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Team GB without Murray is like Arsenal without Fabregas.
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #6 on: February 09, 2010, 04:38 PM »
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Quote from: Sir Panda on February 09, 2010, 04:37 PM
Team GB without Murray is like Arsenal without Fabregas.

It's like Arsenal with just Ray Parlour.
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #7 on: February 09, 2010, 08:27 PM »
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Is there a reason why he withdrew?
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #8 on: February 09, 2010, 08:44 PM »
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Quote from: tennis_girl on February 09, 2010, 08:27 PM
Is there a reason why he withdrew?
Because we're now down into a really sh*t group and the jet-lag/ travels costs are really really not worth the hassle, and so that some of the younger players can get some backbone and compete for their country!


I think it's the right thing to do, no doubt some if the media will be like wawawa he's anti English etc etc blahblah Hopefully after what John Lloyd said some might lay off him a bit... But then the media aren't exactly nice....
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #9 on: February 09, 2010, 08:54 PM »
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^seemingly,he made a comment about150,000 years ago(copy right...Roger Federer) "any one but England" while wearing a paraquay shirt.....did any one else hear that. Whistle
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #10 on: February 09, 2010, 08:55 PM »
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^ News to me......   Whistle  Imagine a Scotsman daring to have a sense of humour....  lol
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #11 on: February 09, 2010, 08:57 PM »
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Lol at "whilst wearing a Paraguay shirt"
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #12 on: February 09, 2010, 08:58 PM »
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...What? I thought Scotsmen were born without a single funny bone in their bodies..  Rolling Eyes
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #13 on: February 09, 2010, 08:58 PM »
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I think this is really good for the other guys.  Playing in the DC will help to develop their :

1. Mental toughness
2. Physical Fitness over 5 sets
3. Team bonding and getting additional coaching from John Lloyd (previous AO Finalist) lol !

This should really help their Singles career like it did to Verdasco when he won the DC for Spain in 2008.
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Re: Murray out of Davis Cup squad « Reply #14 on: February 09, 2010, 09:04 PM »
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Quote from: tennis_girl on February 09, 2010, 08:58 PM
...What? I thought Scotsmen were born without a single funny bone in their bodies..  Rolling Eyes
Nonsense.  Have you not heard of Billy Connolly?  lol
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