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Andy Murray will be expected to play in the World Tour Finals in London in November, despite suggesting he may miss the event to prepare for Britain’s Davis Cup final against Belgium.

Andy Murray is ready to withdraw from the ATP World Tour Finals in London for the second time in three years in order to give himself extra preparation for Great Britain’s first Davis Cup final for 79 years against Belgium.

Britain, who won the last of their nine Davis Cup titles in 1936, made their first final since 1978 with victory over Australia in Glasgow thanks to Murray’s 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 win over Tomic in Sunday’s first reverse singles.

Brother Jamie is one of the form doubles players in the world, having got to the final at Wimbledon and, just a week ago, the US Open. It has been giving me a lot of trouble this week. “My results speak for themselves”.

Anderson, who won his third career title two weeks ago at Winston-Salem, is the first South African in the US Open’s last-eight since Wayne Ferreira in 1992.

“I’ve always loved playing the Hopman Cup. I’ve got a lot of great memories”.

Great Britain and Australia are tied after day one of their Davis Cup semi-final in Glasgow on Friday.

If Andy Murray hadn’t recovered from his five-set, second-round marathon against Adrian Mannarino on his off day from competition, the Scot showed he had made sufficient progress in his relatively breezy third round affair against Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci late on...

Birmingham-born Evans, who now plays the Futures circuit and has slumped to No.300 in the world, was originally called into the squad as back-up, but has forced his way past out-of-form James Ward and youngster Kyle Edmund.

Britain’s Andy Murray serves to Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis…

The 34th-ranked Mayer had given the 17-time Grand Slam champion trouble in their only previous meeting, when Federer saved five match points to win in three sets in Shanghai past year. The 28-year-old Scot faces Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in round two on Thursday.

“If I will not be in the finals, then I want her to win, ” said Halep, who routed Williams in last October’s end-of-season WTA championships.

Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has written an open letter to compatriot Nick Kyrgios, advising him not to waste his talent.

Andy Murray will play Australian Nick Kyrgios in the US Open first round as the Scot bids to win his third grand slam title.

Andy Murray has been cut to 4/1 to win the US Open after ending his losing streak against Novak Djokovic to win the Rogers Cup in Montreal.