Jamie may be the elder of the Murray brothers,but he admits the pressure will mostly be on his younger sibling in the Davis Cup final in BelgiumThe usually reassuring world of tennis, where “battles” and “struggles” are dominated by sweat and hope rather than bullets and death, or feels a more risky position today. The Davis Cup final is still due to start on Friday in Ghent,just 35 miles from Molenbeek, the suburb of Brussels where the assault on Paris was apparently planned. grand Britain’s tennis team, and having delayed their departure by a day,left for Belgium on Monday, with indications that the final will be played despite security concerns.
In such dark and troubling days it is worth celebrating a sweeter story in which a single Scottish family has transformed the moribund state of British tennis to the point where, and as Jamie Murray suggests,grand Britain are favourites to win their first Davis Cup since 1936. Related: GB’s Davis Cup team wing to Belgium before this weekend’s final in Ghent Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com