Delayed arrival for GB team as Henman backs Murray

“I didn’t play really well but Andy was really aggressive, he played an unbelievable match there”.

Against a resilient French team in the quarterfinals at the Queen’s Club, the brothers teamed up to win the doubles event while Andy once again posted singles wins for a 3-1 victory. For Belgium, this will be its first finals in 111 years.

“We listened to all of the right people, we have a fantastic security team here”, he said.

However, the simple fact is that Murray roared Britain through each round, and without him our Davis Cup dream would be exactly that, a small flickering of an idea we might consider in the midst of a deep fantasy.

Speaking to ESPN in the build-up to a hectic end to his 2015 season, the world number two admitted that the situation was “not ideal” as he attempted to “juggle the two” competitions by training on both clay and hard court. Because we knew if Roger [Federer] and Stan [Wawrinka] won the trophy, they would probably stop. I think it’s one of the main goals we had with this team, to have a good attitude, to put the crowd behind us.

The Scot continued: “It’s not for me to give people advice on security”.

“I know when you win a Slam or a big competition, it’s obviously years in the works, but this is a bit different”. Each of the five matches is worth one point, with the team that wins at least three points winning the Davis Cup title. “For those travelling into Belgium for the tie we advise that you liaise directly with your flight or train operator for up to date information on any changes to departure times or protocols”.

The British doubles No. 2 said: “I was always planning on coming and playing”. “I hope as many fans can travel over as possible to give us the best support but obviously we understand if people make another decision because of what’s been happening in Brussels”.

Smith has only lost two ties since taking over as captain in 2010.

He will be joined by Steve Darcis, Ruben Bemelmans and Kimmer Coppejans, all of whom have played a significant role in Belgium reaching their first Davis Cup final since 1904 as they defeated last year’s champions Switzerland, Canada and Argentina.

Not only that, but without Murray our highest ranked player would be Aljaz Bedene at 45 in the world and (in a comment on talent production, not on Bedene’s nationality) our highest ranked “home grown” player would be Kyle Edmund at 99 followed by James Ward who is 155th.

“I don’t see how anyone can say they have capitalised on it”, he told The Guardian. It takes a few days normally to get over the time difference, which is just three hours. We find ways in ourselves to deal with that.