Andy Murray primed for Great Britain Davis Cup tie, says Jamie
Thursday 10 September 2015 08:04, UK
Andy Murray will overcome his US Open heartache and be ready to fire Great Britain to victory in the Davis Cup semi-final against Australia, according to his brother.
Murray made his earliest exit from a grand slam in five years after losing his fourth-round match to South African Kevin Anderson on Monday night.
But brother Jamie is in no doubt the two-time major champion will be primed and ready to help Great Britain reach their first Davis Cup final since 1978.
"I guess the positive of losing, if you like, is that he gets more time to rest and recover and get ready for Davis Cup," he said.
"I'm sure he's pretty excited to go back and join up with the team and play for the country again.
"He's always seemed to love it. It's a huge tie for us coming up. I'm sure all his focus will turn to that pretty soon."
Jamie's US Open adventure is still very much alive after he and Australian partner John Peers beat fourth seeds Marcin Matkowski and Nenad Zimonjic in the last eight of the doubles on Tuesday.
It is Jamie Murray and Peers' second consecutive major semi-final after they made the final at Wimbledon two months ago before losing to Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.
The successful pair could have been on opposite sides of the net in the Davis Cup doubles rubber next week but, despite holding Australia's highest doubles ranking of 14th in the world, Peers was not selected.
"I don't think they've selected their strongest team so for us, that is obviously a positive," Jamie said.
"I feel bad for John because I know he is by far their best doubles player and he deserves to be in that team but for whatever reason, he's not getting picked.
"But that's to our advantage and we will hopefully try and use that."
