Andy will Pole-axe this team.Byline: Greg Rusedski Gregory "Greg" Rusedski (born September 6, 1973, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a former British tennis player who turned professional in 1991, and played until his retirement on April 7, 2007 at the age of 33. WITH Andy Murray back in the team, Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. just cannot lose this Davis Cup Davis Cup: see tennis. Davis Cup Trophy awarded to the winning team of an international tennis tournament for men. It was donated in 1900 by Dwight F. tie against Poland. The world No.3 is scheduled to face the player ranked 678 and then 261 in the singles so all the pressure is on him. And he has not practised much since his defeat in the US Open because of a wrist injury. But if he is 100 per cent fit and healthy, I expect our top player to lead us to victory over the next three days in Liverpool. It is fortunate that Poland's top player, world No.112 Lukasz Kubot, no longer plays for his country. As Murray is also playing the doubles, he will be keen to see Great Britain take a 3-0 lead by tomorrow night and take a rest to allow the younger players to gain experience in the dead rubbers on Sunday. The doubles is so crucial to the outcome of Davis Cup ties and the pairing is the backbone of the side. When Tim Henman Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE (born September 6, 1974 in Oxford) is a former English tennis player. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. (left) and I played together, we won nine of our 10 matches together. If you take just one singles on the first day then the doubles, you always have a great chance to win a tie. That will be the task of Murray and Ross Hutchins against the tough Polish pair of Marcin Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg, ranked 11 in the world. With Dan Evans making his debut in the singles, the Saturday showdown could prove to be the key to the tie. Evans is a great talent, who is highly rated by men's coach Paul Annacone. Although he needs to build himself up physically, he has the ability to establish himself as Britain's No.2. Playing in the Davis Cup is an honour and winning is great for confidence. It is a wonderful experience for a young player to get into the Davis Cup team and watch and learn. You start to realise that doing the smaller things better makes all the difference. Leading life assurance and pensions company AEGON is lead partner of British Tennis and is backing the sport at all levels, from grass roots to world class tennis events. www.aegon.co.uk/tennis CAPTION(S): FIT AND FIRING Andy Murray should steer Britain to victory over Poland |
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