{"id":331348,"date":"2023-09-15T22:17:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T22:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=331348"},"modified":"2023-09-15T23:02:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T23:02:07","slug":"im-sorry-weeping-murrays-tough-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=331348","title":{"rendered":"'I'm sorry': Weeping Murray's 'tough' admission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray<\/a> wept after revealing he missed his grandmother\u2019s funeral to play in the Davis Cup<\/a> Finals.<\/p>\n

Murray came from behind to beat Leandro Riedi 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 and give Britain a winning start in its 2-1 victory over Switzerland in the group stage of the finals.<\/p>\n

The Scottish player needed more than 3 hours to beat Riedi and was overcome by emotion toward the end of his subsequent on-court interview.<\/p>\n

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\u201cToday is a tough day for me. It\u2019s my gran\u2019s funeral today,\u201d Murray said. \u201cI\u2019m sorry to my family that I\u2019m not able to be there but, gran, this one\u2019s for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murray then returned to his bench and wept under his towel as he was applauded by the Manchester spectators.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old Murray later said he spoke to his father about whether he should play or not, \u201cand he said that she\u2019d want you to play. He just said \u2018Make sure you win,\u2019 so I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Stan Wawrinka defeated Cameron Norrie 7-5, 6-4 to level the tie, but Dan Evans and Neal Skupski beat Wawrinka and Dominic Stricker 6-3, 6-3 in their doubles match to seal Britain\u2019s win in Group B.<\/p>\n

Britain opened with a 2-1 win over Australia and is well placed to reach the Final 8 in the southern Spanish city of Malaga in November.<\/p>\n

Australia and France have one win and one loss each, while the Swiss are winless. The top two in each of the four groups advance.<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic sealed Serbia\u2019s place in the Final 8 with a 6-3, 6-4 win in Group C over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain, which was eliminated.<\/p>\n

Laslo Djere had earlier won his match in Valencia, while Nikola Cacic and Miomir Kecmanovic won the doubles to give Serbia a 3-0 win and set up a showdown with the Czech Republic to see who tops the group. Both countries are through with two wins each.<\/p>\n

Defending champion Canada in Group A in Bologna, and the Netherlands in Group D in Split, Croatia, have both won their opening two matches.<\/p>\n

Also Friday, Italy took an unassailable 2-0 lead over Chile in Group A, and Finland beat Croatia 2-1 in Group D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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