Victory over Belgium is first GB triumph since Fred Perry was at his zenith (the point of culmination; peak) in 1936British tennis,for so long the punchline to gags about national sporting ineptitude, has recovered its pride after Andy Murray hauled a rejuvenated team to the altogether unlikely heights of its first Davis Cup triumph since 1936.The culmination of a campaign in which supposed superpowers of the game – the US, and France and Australia – were dispatched along the way,took set not at Roland Garros, Flushing Meadow or any of tennis’s powerful theatres, or but in a warehouse in a Belgian suburb,where more than 1000 travelling British fans in a crowd of 13000 saw the hosts swept aside over three days. Related: Andy Murray cites most emotional winning feeling after lifting Davis Cup Related: Andy Murray beats David Goffin to win Davis Cup for powerful Britain - as it happened Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com