The victory over Turkey has meant that Great Britain can now rest easy, for the meantime anyway. After surviving the unthinkable of dropping into the lowest tier, Britain will now have to wait until September to find out who they will next face in their bid to climb back up the Davis Cup ladder.
The next tie will be a Group II first round match, which will take place in March next year.
The nations who the GB team could possibly face next include:
Ireland
Bulgaria
Monaco
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Hungary
These are teams Britain would expect to beat but a team with an Andy Murray would obviously be better off.
Tempting Murray
The signs of a possible comeback from the world no4 as early as the next round seem to still be up in the air. Captain Leon Smith, speaking after Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski sealed the win, said: “He (Murray) has said before he ‘loves Davis Cup’. For him right now, and we all respect that, is that it is done on a tie-by-tie bases and there is nothing new there. When he wants to comeback we will love that because he is one of the world’s best players and any team in the world would love to have an Andy Murray in it, so when he wants to play we will be delighted.”
According to Greg Rusedski, on his Twitter page, Murray may well have more to consider when making his decision for future ties especially with the Olympics around the corner.
Rusedski wrote shortly after James Ward cemented the 5-0 whitewash: “the rebuilding has started and Murray will have to play next year if he wants to play 2012 Olympics.”
This now brings an interesting angle to the Murray saga but with there being a possible three ties pending results next year it is more than likely that the Scot will not appear until the second round match or if Britain lose the relegation play-off in 12 months time.
The next tie will be a Group II first round match, which will take place in March next year.
The nations who the GB team could possibly face next include:
Ireland
Bulgaria
Monaco
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Hungary
These are teams Britain would expect to beat but a team with an Andy Murray would obviously be better off.
Tempting Murray
The signs of a possible comeback from the world no4 as early as the next round seem to still be up in the air. Captain Leon Smith, speaking after Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski sealed the win, said: “He (Murray) has said before he ‘loves Davis Cup’. For him right now, and we all respect that, is that it is done on a tie-by-tie bases and there is nothing new there. When he wants to comeback we will love that because he is one of the world’s best players and any team in the world would love to have an Andy Murray in it, so when he wants to play we will be delighted.”
According to Greg Rusedski, on his Twitter page, Murray may well have more to consider when making his decision for future ties especially with the Olympics around the corner.
Rusedski wrote shortly after James Ward cemented the 5-0 whitewash: “the rebuilding has started and Murray will have to play next year if he wants to play 2012 Olympics.”
This now brings an interesting angle to the Murray saga but with there being a possible three ties pending results next year it is more than likely that the Scot will not appear until the second round match or if Britain lose the relegation play-off in 12 months time.
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