“I’ll do it because I believe we can win”.
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“It’s just a build-up of everything you feel over the last few days”.
“I just chased every ball down, I didn’t care how I played, I just wanted to win the match today and that’s what I did”.
Simon had two medical timeouts during the match following heavy falls and Murray, a double grand slam victor, was able to capitalise in front of partisan crowd at the sun-kissed Queen’s Club in west London.
Exhausted Andy Murray set up a potentially epic Davis Cup semifinal against Lleyton Hewitt’s Australia Sunday when he spearheaded Great Britain’s 3-1 quarterfinal win over France.
“You could say they deserve it because of how great a job they did there”. I was making too many mistakes at the beginning.
“We’re on the tougher side of the draw”. It was hot conditions as well.
The extra demands of the Davis Cup mean the world’s top players are often selective in their involvement, with the likes of Novak Djokovic, Federer and Stan Wawrinka all sitting out matches this year.
Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt landed his team into the Davis Cup semifinals by defeating Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan on Sunday.
“Rewriting British tennis history, and more specifically emulating the accomplishments of Fred Perry, is becoming Andy Murray’s forte and after his enormous powers of resilience and determination were examined more than ever before in service of his nation, the thought of a Davis Cup title is now paramount in the Scot’s ambitions for 2015″, writes Barry Flatman in The Times.
It is the first time two brothers have single-handedly won a World Group tie since 1998, yet Murray will have to repeat his herculean efforts if Britain, who last won the Davis Cup in 1936, are to reach the final for the first time since 1978.
Glasgow’s Emirates Arena will be high on the list after a scintillating atmosphere inspired Britain to beat the U.S. there in March.
“I love the backs-to-the-wall situation and we had to rally together to get the win”, the 34-year-old Hewitt was quoted as saying by Efe.
First there was the small matter of a final day’s play at the Queen’s Club, where GB stood poised for its latest piece of history with a 2-1 lead.
TA president Steve Healy said he expected Masur to be considered as a longer-term captain, although Hewitt has a strong rapport with his young teammates and was still reportedly favoured to take over the role next year. “They think that my tone of voice is representative of my personality”.
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A slip on break point down saw the Frenchman fall down 2-0 to the Brit. He would get his knee checked out once again, but he could not recover from this as Murray served up a bagel to take the set, the match, and the tie.
