Andy Murray frustrated by Britain’s Davis Cup exit at hands of Netherlands

17.09.2022 - 12:01 breakingnews.ie

A downcast Andy Murray admitted he does not know how many more Davis Cup chances he has left after Britain crashed out of the competition with defeat by the Netherlands in Glasgow.

A loss to the USA on Wednesday had left Britain needing to beat the Dutch and probably Kazakhstan as well, but Sunday’s contest at the Emirates Arena will now be a meaningless match after Murray and Joe Salisbury again came out on the wrong side of a dramatic deciding doubles rubber.

Murray and Salisbury saved a match point in the second set against Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop to keep their hopes alive, but the Scot then netted a return on a break point at 3-3 in the deciding set and the British pair lost the last 10 points in a 7-6 (0) 6-7 (6) 6-3 defeat.

Netherlands win the tie 2-1 at the Davis Cup pic.twitter.com/9Qnsf5aogU — LTA (@the_LTA) September 16, 2022 Murray, playing in his 50th Davis Cup rubber, said: “Obviously I would love to have the return back at 3-3 and break point.

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There was a changeover tennis fans will long remember during Andy Murray's Laver Cup clash with Alex de Minaur as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal coached the Brit. Murray faced the Australian with Team Europe holding a 2-0 lead overall after two rubbers on the opening day at the O2 Arena in London.

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Andy Murray admitted that it «may be the last time» he plays in front of a Davis Cup crowd in Glasgow following Great Britain’s elimination from this year's event. Murray, who beat Kazakhstan's Dmitry Popko 6-4 6-3 on Sunday afternoon in a match rendered meaningless following GB's prior group-stage losses to the USA and the Netherlands, won 32 of his 35 singles matches in the Davis Cup and led his side to the title in 2015 with stellar performances in Glasgow against the United States and Australia along the way. Ad But in his twilight years and struggling with injury and consistency, Murray’s Davis Cup selection in the coming seasons is in doubt.