Britain Leads over Netherlands As Murray Defeated Griekspoor in an Opener

The Davis Cup is a famous tennis tournament at international level which has now been introduced with a new format. In a singles match Andy Murray defeated Tallon Griekspoor of Holland giving Britain a lead over Netherlands and coming close to qualify for the quarter finals. He is known to for his habit to comeback in the match. Andy Murray knocked down in a set and then trailed 4-1 in the deciding set of a match in Madrid before beating the new runner Griekspoor, who is currently ranked 179 in the world singles ranking, 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 7-6 (7/5). A victory in their opening Group E matches gave Great Britain the lead in the group ahead of the second singles round set to be played between Dan Evans and Robin Haase, and then a third match that is doubles. Murray makes a shock to those he believes have been active to criticize the revamped Davis Cup, as Andy for the first time is featuring in Davis cup in which all 18 World Group countries compete for the trophy which is player as a single week tournament at one venue. It will be an amazing music to the ears of the organizers, which includes Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique, Murray was praised for his game as he made the atmosphere inside the Caja Magica's cosy Stadium 3. The small Court with a capacity of 2500 veiwers was full in the match of Murray. Murray, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, will be the competition's biggest attractions and Murray will also prospects Britain expectations of progressing to the quarter-finals from a group E that also includes Kazakhstan. It is yet to be seen how Murray contribution to the Team of Britain will be managed on the Singles and Doubles as he is currently looking to expand his form and throughout some spiriting performance over the week in the tournament featuring 18 countries.

By: Anuja Arora

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