Emotional Andy Murray reveals he missed his gran’s funeral to play in Davis Cup

The Scot devoted his victory to his grandmother Ellen afterwards (Pictures: Getty / Davis Cup)Andy Murray broke down in tears after successful his Davis Cup match on Friday night as he revealed he was compelled to overlook his gran’s funeral in an effort to play within the event.
Despite main within the first set, the Scot misplaced a tie-breaker towards Switzerland teenager Leandro Riedi and needed to struggle again to assert a cussed 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 6-4 victory.
Murray regarded emotional within the match, particularly after shedding the primary set, and revealed afterwards that he had missed his grandmother Ellen’s funeral which occurred on the identical day.
Speaking on the court docket after his win, a clearly upset Murray stated: ‘Today is a troublesome day for me, it’s truly my… sorry. It’s my gran’s funeral at this time… sorry.
‘And yeah, I’m sorry to my household that I’m not ready. Sorry. That I’m not in a position to be there. But gran, that one’s for you.’
He added: ‘I spoke to my dad about it and he stated, “She’d need you to play”. He stated, “Make certain you win” so I did.’
Murray choked up a number of occasions throughout his post-match interview as the gang at Manchester’s AO Arena cheered and applauded him, earlier than returning to his chair and overlaying his head in his towel.
The veteran needed to come by means of a really robust check towards the 21-year-old Riedi to set Great Britain on their approach of their match-up, although Cam Norrie was later crushed by three-time main champion Stan Wawrinka.

Murray’s win was his forty second within the Davis Cup, which supplies him sole possession of third place on the record of most match wins by a British participant within the competitors’s historical past.
‘It’s unimaginable to get by means of that one – it simply may have gone the opposite approach,’ stated Murray. ‘It was ridiculous the photographs he was pulling off, some wonderful returning.’
He added: ‘We had been anticipating [Dominic] Stricker to play, we hadn’t spoken about Riedi in any respect, so it was a shock when that modifications.

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‘The nature of the way in which he was going about issues made it an uncomfortable match for me.’
With Murray successful and Norrie shedding, it now falls on doubles pairing Dan Evans and Neal SkupSki Goggles (On Sale Here) to safe the win over Switzerland after they tackle Marc-Andrea Huesler and Dominic Stricker.
Victory over the Swiss won’t assure qualification for November’s ‘Final Eight’ nevertheless, with Britain nonetheless needing to tackle France of their ultimate group match on Sunday to safe a spot.

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