Italy v GB - Day 2 Part 2

:00:32. > :00:36.Once again come here we go with what could be the determining match on

:00:37. > :00:41.deciding whether Britain make it through to a semifinal of the Davis

:00:42. > :00:44.Cup the first time in 33 years. We have had some spectacular tennis so

:00:45. > :00:48.far, loads of controversy about the state of court and some very

:00:49. > :00:52.non-Neapolitan weather, but after the first two games, the score

:00:53. > :00:56.stands at 1-1 between Great Britain and Italy.

:00:57. > :01:02.The Davis Cup quarterfinal, Italy against Great Britain... That the

:01:03. > :01:08.match. What a shot, what a forehand that

:01:09. > :01:25.was. That is spectacular. All the skills and more! Good to see

:01:26. > :01:33.this man, the Wimbledon champion, back on court the Great Britain.

:01:34. > :01:42.--for Great Britain. And the Italian fightback begins. Murray leading his

:01:43. > :01:47.team by example. And that will be it for today. He can still win this

:01:48. > :01:54.match in straight sheds. Remarkable. What a shot that is -- straight

:01:55. > :02:00.sets. Murray really does finish it in style.

:02:01. > :02:06.1-1 between Great Britain and Italy and also between Switzerland and

:02:07. > :02:11.Kazakhstan, and the winner of those matches will meet in the semifinal.

:02:12. > :02:16.France have to come back from to love down against Germany in their

:02:17. > :02:20.doubles pairing this afternoon in Nancy, it will be Peter Llodra and

:02:21. > :02:27.Gael Monfils. The first team through to the semifinals after an emphatic

:02:28. > :02:28.victory against Japan, the Czech Republic. The big question is, who

:02:29. > :02:30.is going Republic. The big question is, who

:02:31. > :02:34.to be playing in the doubles for Great Britain this afternoon? Has

:02:35. > :02:39.Andy Murray decided he wants to play and, hopefully, playing a major part

:02:40. > :02:46.in getting Great Britain through. Let's speak to Russell Fuller. Who

:02:47. > :02:53.will be representing Britain? We were fairly confident, won't we, all

:02:54. > :02:58.along? Especially having heard the interview Andy Murray game at --

:02:59. > :03:05.gave after Andreas Seppi that it would be Murray and it will be Andy

:03:06. > :03:10.Murray playing alongside Colin Fleming. It is tough on Ross

:03:11. > :03:14.Hutchings, but he does know the score. He, and Colin Fleming, I

:03:15. > :03:19.think, would have had a decent shot at winning this match but clearly,

:03:20. > :03:23.with Murray in a doubles team, Britain's chances increase quite

:03:24. > :03:29.significantly. So Murray and Fleming together, after an hour and three

:03:30. > :03:35.quarters' rest, against Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini. A change

:03:36. > :03:40.for Italy as well, it means the two no-ones are in action and even if it

:03:41. > :03:43.is a long match, not forgetting that Murray as already played for an hour

:03:44. > :03:47.and a quarter this morning, there won't be as much worry as far as

:03:48. > :03:51.tomorrow is concerned, because Andy Murray is playing Fabio Fognini in

:03:52. > :03:54.the first match. While Andy and Colin may have won their only

:03:55. > :04:03.doubles in the Davis Cup together so far, the Italian side are unbeaten,

:04:04. > :04:08.too. Yes, they are not a partnership to be taken lightly. Simone Bolelli

:04:09. > :04:13.had quite bad injury problems last season and has not played an

:04:14. > :04:18.enormous amount tennis, but as a pair, they do play well. They played

:04:19. > :04:21.together in Miami and lost there in the first round. Leon Smith, the

:04:22. > :04:24.Great Britain team captain, was watching that match and I get the

:04:25. > :04:28.impression he was quite encouraged by what he saw on that occasion, but

:04:29. > :04:34.that is a completely different atmosphere. The atmosphere is

:04:35. > :04:38.terrific, the British bands holding their own despite being outnumbered

:04:39. > :04:42.-- the British bands. But there is something about Andy Murray in a

:04:43. > :04:47.British shirt at the moment. He was determined to win this doubles with

:04:48. > :04:51.Fleming and not leave it to anybody else. He really does see his role as

:04:52. > :04:55.team leader in doing just that. Unless there is a strong reason why

:04:56. > :05:01.he cannot play three matches, he will play them and leave nothing to

:05:02. > :05:04.chance. The match this morning, they held

:05:05. > :05:10.over match, was played under beautiful blue skies. The sky behind

:05:11. > :05:16.you, there seems to be threatening cloud. Is there any risk of rain?

:05:17. > :05:22.Showers forecast, but then rain was forecast from morning until dusk

:05:23. > :05:26.yesterday and, in the end, the rain stopped at around lunchtime. As I

:05:27. > :05:31.look up, one or two big nasty clouds, but generally, a lot of blue

:05:32. > :05:34.sky around. I think the biggest concern still is that patch of play

:05:35. > :05:39.in the corner where Murray caught his footing and nearly jarred his

:05:40. > :05:43.knee. You heard his comments earlier when he said he thought it was too

:05:44. > :05:48.dangerous to play on and wouldn't be used in a regular ATP event. We are

:05:49. > :05:51.waiting for a response from the tennis Federation that stage the

:05:52. > :05:56.Davis Cup ties to that, but the fact is it is a great spectacle to see

:05:57. > :06:01.the court laid down right by the edge of the water, with the Bay of

:06:02. > :06:04.Naples and Capri in the distance, but the downside to temporary clay

:06:05. > :06:10.courts is when the grandstand fluff airlines, like they did yesterday,

:06:11. > :06:16.and managed to spill water over the court on the covers are taken off --

:06:17. > :06:20.fluff airlines. They will be happier when they are at the opposite end of

:06:21. > :06:25.the court. But it is doubles, you can come in and play a little less.

:06:26. > :06:30.Russell, thank you very much comic he will be part of the Radio 5Live

:06:31. > :06:33.team throughout the afternoon. John Lloyd and Dominic Inglot are with

:06:34. > :06:37.us, as they have been the last day and a half. How does the

:06:38. > :06:43.conversation go between Leon Smith and Andy Murray? Do you want to

:06:44. > :06:46.play? Yes? Is that it? Absolutely. He was diplomatic in the interview,

:06:47. > :06:55.saying he would discuss it with Leon, but if Andy wants to play, he

:06:56. > :07:01.plays, as simple as that. Playing with a partner who you live with,

:07:02. > :07:05.almost, playing week in, week out, how difficult is it to build up a

:07:06. > :07:13.rapport in the blink of an eye, which is what Colin and Andy are

:07:14. > :07:19.going to have to do? It is not easy, you would like to have as much time

:07:20. > :07:23.together on the court as possible, but I believe they played in

:07:24. > :07:27.Montreal last year, they made the finals, they have some understanding

:07:28. > :07:32.together and I'm sure they will be able to gel pretty quickly. Talk

:07:33. > :07:36.about some of the tactics involved in doubles, in terms of building a

:07:37. > :07:42.bad partnership. What are the key areas? Stand on the left, obvious

:07:43. > :07:45.stuff, -- building up that partnership. What are the key areas

:07:46. > :07:54.that determine away a partnership gels? I think basic things like who

:07:55. > :07:59.will take the middle ball? Is it Colin with a forehand or Andy with a

:08:00. > :08:06.backhand? The next thing, do we want to play a normal formation? Do we

:08:07. > :08:12.try and cross more or less? If we are both at the net, you try and hit

:08:13. > :08:17.middle, I will pinch at the net, knock off a volley to put pressure

:08:18. > :08:20.on those guys at the net. You will have those conversations and as the

:08:21. > :08:23.match progresses, you will see tendencies that one of the players

:08:24. > :08:28.may have and you will work around it. Is this also the one match where

:08:29. > :08:33.a captain to have a fair amount of impact? He can see the tactics in

:08:34. > :08:39.the pairings are working together. Absolutely. There is a chance,

:08:40. > :08:47.because they have played on the opposite sides, and he has played on

:08:48. > :08:52.the outside and Colin on the right, if they start badly and lose the

:08:53. > :08:55.first set, they can switch positions and that is something the captain

:08:56. > :09:00.will discuss. In doubles, they can change it, so the captain will play

:09:01. > :09:03.a big role. The doubles will get underway in the next few minutes, it

:09:04. > :09:07.has been delayed to let Andy Murray recover more from the singles match.

:09:08. > :09:12.If you haven't seen it, it was nerve wracking, but in the end, Andy

:09:13. > :09:16.showed why he is a double Grand Slam champion, at key moments, producing

:09:17. > :09:20.shots like we are going to show you now. As you can see from the

:09:21. > :09:26.scoreboard, it is 5-5 and deuce, and if this goes one set all, you are

:09:27. > :09:32.thinking, goodness me, but into the really bad part of the court, he

:09:33. > :09:42.manages to play a shot like that, a bullet forehand at Andreas Seppi 's

:09:43. > :09:47.feed. And here is a point, watch this, it is sensational. We have

:09:48. > :09:53.seen it many times from Andy in the past, that wonderful looped forehand

:09:54. > :09:57.over the oncoming player, but he plays this to absolute perfection,

:09:58. > :10:02.fantastic. And it is the variety of shot he has at his disposal that

:10:03. > :10:06.sets him apart from many others. Absolutely, every shot in the book.

:10:07. > :10:09.There are a few people who can attack well and the few who can

:10:10. > :10:13.defend well and he has both of those aspects and that makes him a great

:10:14. > :10:18.player but he is. He puts pressure on his opponent to get better and

:10:19. > :10:23.better and if he doesn't, it is point over. That is almost a

:10:24. > :10:28.trademark Andy Murray shot, we are looking to see it in certain

:10:29. > :10:33.positions when his back against -- is against the wall, but he

:10:34. > :10:39.invariably nails it. That is the difference between good

:10:40. > :10:43.players and great players. With some players, there is doubt, but the

:10:44. > :10:48.great players play the big points. It is always interesting having

:10:49. > :10:51.conversations of air, you were talking about what a great player

:10:52. > :10:56.Andy Murray is about his tactical mayors and how he keeps himself in a

:10:57. > :11:03.rally, even when he is under great pressure. Talk us through this. He

:11:04. > :11:09.was out of the court, and he plays a high lob, and Seppi can't attack,

:11:10. > :11:15.and instead of being open the point, Seppi is back at 50-50. Murray takes

:11:16. > :11:19.advantage, he builds himself slowly and slowly, takes his chances, gets

:11:20. > :11:24.into the net and Seppi loses the point from a position he should have

:11:25. > :11:28.won it. It is about gaining territory when you play in these

:11:29. > :11:32.matches. We are watching it and now you think, Seppi has the upper hand,

:11:33. > :11:38.he has the forehand out wide, but players like Murray defends so well

:11:39. > :11:42.that all of a sudden, they are back in the point with that looping

:11:43. > :11:48.forehand, so he gets himself into a 50-50 situation, when he was 70

:11:49. > :11:53.slashed 30, they defend so well. -- 7030. Only the great players are

:11:54. > :11:59.like that, Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, they defend as well as

:12:00. > :12:03.attack. Andy lost his serve early on but he broke back and won the next

:12:04. > :12:08.five games. The last couple of games were a complete rush as the force

:12:09. > :12:14.really was with him. He had managed to quieten the crowd, who was

:12:15. > :12:19.certainly very vociferous at the start of that said. But all things

:12:20. > :12:24.went to plan at the end, and as you can see from the scoreboard, and the

:12:25. > :12:31.final Italian error into the net, a forced error, much to the light of

:12:32. > :12:33.Leon Smith and the rest of the Britain team. After the match, Andy

:12:34. > :12:40.Murray spoke to Ross Fuller. Britain team. After the match, Andy

:12:41. > :12:44.Murray spoke to Ross Andy, many congratulations. I guess the perfect

:12:45. > :12:50.morning's work, not just the victory, but in straight sets. The

:12:51. > :12:55.last few games went by quite quick, but the start of the match was,

:12:56. > :12:59.well, I mean today, it was a long, first few games and then the

:13:00. > :13:04.beginning of the third set, a lot of long games so it is good I managed

:13:05. > :13:12.to finish it off in straight sets. At least I can be an option for the

:13:13. > :13:15.doubles of Leon wants to use me. You need to have that conversation but

:13:16. > :13:21.will you be telling him you want to play the doubles? It is not

:13:22. > :13:26.necessarily my decision. I will go and speak to him. I was ill for a

:13:27. > :13:30.few days and I will speak to the doctor as well, see what he thinks.

:13:31. > :13:35.I will also speak to the doubles guys as well, because if they feel

:13:36. > :13:40.great and they are sure they will get the job done, maybe it makes

:13:41. > :13:46.more sense for them to play. We will go and chat about it now. Do you

:13:47. > :13:51.feel physically ready? I was a little bit tired this morning when I

:13:52. > :13:55.got up, but I felt all right and once I got going in the match, I

:13:56. > :14:01.felt pretty good and I obviously finished well. I Tower K. It is just

:14:02. > :14:06.that the court is pretty dangerous -- I felt OK. You have to be

:14:07. > :14:10.careful, I hope no one gets hurt this weekend. I wanted to ask you

:14:11. > :14:13.about that, there was a particular corner where it looks like you had

:14:14. > :14:23.heard your knee. Is it difficult to trust the surface? -- hurt unique

:14:24. > :14:30.this side is fine, on the whole it is fine, but there is a lot of bad

:14:31. > :14:35.bounces. And that corner is not good and I don't think it is good enough,

:14:36. > :14:38.if this was on the tour, they would not be using this court. It is

:14:39. > :14:43.something we can talk about after the tie because the last thing you

:14:44. > :14:47.want is someone getting injured, because of a bad surface. It doesn't

:14:48. > :14:53.have to be like that. We will let you talk to the doctor and Leon,

:14:54. > :14:57.well done on a good morning's work. That was done after his win this

:14:58. > :15:01.morning and we do know he is playing with Fleming this afternoon. Talking

:15:02. > :15:05.about the surface, you were very vocal about it and listening to Andy

:15:06. > :15:10.there, whose responsibility is it for allowing the court to be in that

:15:11. > :15:16.condition? Ultimately, the Italians prepare the court, but it is the

:15:17. > :15:21.ITF, it is their tournament, they have people who come in and make

:15:22. > :15:24.sure the venues are perfect. Well, it wasn't perfect. Whoever messed

:15:25. > :15:29.up, it is irrelevant. It was messed up and they should get in trouble.

:15:30. > :15:34.The doubles are coming up in Naples and there are doubles in Geneva,

:15:35. > :15:40.Wawrinka and Federer, I am hearing, have lost the first set to

:15:41. > :15:46.Kazakhstan. The winner of that match will play the winner of Italy and

:15:47. > :15:49.Great Britain. If Great Britain and Switzerland win, it will be Great

:15:50. > :15:54.Britain and Switzerland and who knows where? Wimbledon, we suspect.

:15:55. > :16:00.I don't know the options. But if it is Great Britain and Kazakhstan, it

:16:01. > :16:06.will be in Kazakhstan... Presumably the capital? He knows the capital,

:16:07. > :16:10.he is too clever. Having you here, it would be remiss if we didn't go

:16:11. > :16:20.back to one of your finest hours, one of your greatest hits at

:16:21. > :16:28.Wimbledon, 1976, the doubles on Court number one, and 18-16, you and

:16:29. > :16:33.your brother playing. Those were the days, hey? More hair. And short

:16:34. > :16:39.shorts. My brother bullied me into winning that one. I thought we had

:16:40. > :16:46.lost and saved six match points. He kept saying we were going to win and

:16:47. > :16:55.I was, like, " macro-radio?" I was in the crowd. I came from

:16:56. > :17:10.school. -- I was, like, " Really? " . Now, this is the first match since

:17:11. > :17:14.the 1920s -- the first match between Italy and Great Britain was in the

:17:15. > :17:24.1920s, and as you can see, a whole raft of Italian victories through

:17:25. > :17:32.the 1950s and the sole British victory in the 1980s, and the

:17:33. > :17:39.Italian captain in this tie today in Naples was one of the people who

:17:40. > :17:46.lost to Buster Mottram. An interesting moustache he was wearing

:17:47. > :17:51.at the time. And a huge crowd in a home tie in those days. Do remember

:17:52. > :17:57.that? Buster was a great Davis Cup player, very underrated. Top 20 in

:17:58. > :18:00.the world and his Davis Cup record, I can't remember exactly, but I

:18:01. > :18:07.think he only lost two or three matches. He beat her natter away in

:18:08. > :18:13.Italy, and he was a very underrated player. Nobody really knows much

:18:14. > :18:16.about him -- he beat Pernata. We are just waiting for the Opening

:18:17. > :18:21.Ceremony of the Davis Cup quarterfinal. I know this may sound

:18:22. > :18:24.slightly out of order, but it was supposed to happen yesterday before

:18:25. > :18:30.a ball was hit but the weather was so bad that they decided to delay it

:18:31. > :18:32.until a time to be determined. This reason, which none of us are

:18:33. > :18:36.altogether clear about, I have to say, there is going to be an Opening

:18:37. > :18:41.Ceremony, with the match already poised at 1-1. And I suspect

:18:42. > :18:46.everybody there at Naples just wants to see the doubles. Anyway, we are

:18:47. > :18:53.to see and firms, paraphernalia, before the players come on court. --

:18:54. > :18:56.national anthems. This is a Davis Cup tie and the Italian Federation

:18:57. > :19:01.have gone to a huge amount of effort to create a wonderful setting on the

:19:02. > :19:08.edge of the Bay of Naples but the Davis Cup itself, we have got

:19:09. > :19:12.Federer playing, the French have got Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils,

:19:13. > :19:20.big names playing, but it is a tournament that Djokovic opted to

:19:21. > :19:26.not playing, and if Great Britain were to win this, the semifinal

:19:27. > :19:30.comes months and months ahead in an already squeezed and congested

:19:31. > :19:34.schedule. Where'd you think the Davis Cup sits generally? I think it

:19:35. > :19:41.is in a troubled area. Nadal also didn't play, so the top two players,

:19:42. > :19:46.with Federer at the last minute, not playing. So if you don't have the

:19:47. > :19:50.top players playing, you're going to struggle. You have to be careful

:19:51. > :19:56.that the cup is not devalued. We have some great matches, as in the

:19:57. > :20:01.one here, but it needs to change its format. I think it should come every

:20:02. > :20:04.two years, maybe four years, make it something special. Because if you

:20:05. > :20:09.are not a real tennis fanatic, who knows who is in the Davis Cup final?

:20:10. > :20:14.If it is not your country, no one knows and that is wrong. We should

:20:15. > :20:18.all be excited about it but it comes to quickly. There is talk about a

:20:19. > :20:22.World Cup, a lot of people have vested interests about a World Cup,

:20:23. > :20:26.off the back of the US Open so that there is three or four weeks of

:20:27. > :20:32.condensed World Cup. Wouldn't that be great for tennis? It would and it

:20:33. > :20:36.is important to have continuity, so people remember the last matches and

:20:37. > :20:40.build the momentum of the matches, but there will be ATP problems,

:20:41. > :20:45.because the tour has to be played, they will have to be rescheduled,

:20:46. > :20:51.will they agree to it? It is tricky. So who needs to drive it,

:20:52. > :20:55.the top players? Absolutely. A lot of the top players complain about

:20:56. > :20:57.the Davis Cup schedule and quite rightly but my point is, do

:20:58. > :21:02.something about it. If the top ten got together and said we do not like

:21:03. > :21:06.this, change it or we are not playing, it would get it changed the

:21:07. > :21:13.next day. When Serbia one, Djokovic said it was the greatest day of his

:21:14. > :21:18.life. -- won. Even a Simic, we talked about winning being the equal

:21:19. > :21:21.of his Wimbledon triumph -- Goran Ivanisevic. You can see the stress

:21:22. > :21:28.that Andy Murray was under, there is an added pressure on representing

:21:29. > :21:31.the guys -- country that the guys are not used it. It does seem odd

:21:32. > :21:38.that the Davis Cup is not embraced by the sport as much as they would

:21:39. > :21:41.like. I agree, like when you talk about Djokovic, but it is when you

:21:42. > :21:48.win it for the first time. Djokovic didn't play this year. Nadal has won

:21:49. > :21:52.it and didn't play this year. When Federer is playing, he hasn't won a

:21:53. > :22:00.jet. It is completing the CV, almost. Exactly. -- he hasn't won it

:22:01. > :22:04.yet. They have to follow competitions that have previously

:22:05. > :22:13.lost their value, like the FA Cup for example. The players are waiting

:22:14. > :22:17.to go into court. You are both great golfers, but you play tennis with

:22:18. > :22:26.Jack Nicholas the other day was I presumed you one? I played him and

:22:27. > :22:29.we lost. It seems that the Davis Cup is in the position the Ryder Cup was

:22:30. > :22:35.before the Europeans and Seve and everybody were brought in to augment

:22:36. > :22:39.the Great Britain team. That is exactly right, I agree completely.

:22:40. > :22:45.Here we go, the union flag leading at the British team. Colin Fleming,

:22:46. > :22:49.Daniel Evans, Leon Smith, and obviously Andy Murray. The Italian

:22:50. > :22:55.team will be out shortly. Let's go over to Jonathan.

:22:56. > :23:01.Thank you, great atmosphere again in the Tennis Club Napoli, and the

:23:02. > :23:09.travelling Brits are definitely playing their part over the weekend.

:23:10. > :23:13.It is all very odd, isn't it? An Opening Ceremony midway through the

:23:14. > :23:17.match. I have sat through many of these in a middle Saturday over the

:23:18. > :23:20.years, it is not unusual. I suppose if you buy your ticket for the

:23:21. > :23:24.Saturday, you have only got one match on a normal Davis Cup

:23:25. > :23:30.weekend. Normally you have both singles on Saturday, I beg your

:23:31. > :23:35.pardon, on a Friday, just the one doubles match on Saturday. So I

:23:36. > :23:41.think they are trying to have a little bit of pomp and ceremony, a

:23:42. > :23:47.sense of value for their tickets. They have had value today already, a

:23:48. > :23:53.terrific struggle between Andy Murray and Andreas Seppi. And now a

:23:54. > :23:56.potentially pivotal doubles. The British team are being introduced.

:23:57. > :24:00.James Ward, a great effort from him yesterday. And who knows, it might

:24:01. > :24:08.all come down to him in the deciding match tomorrow. Great to see Ross

:24:09. > :24:14.Hutchings back in a Great Britain tracksuit. Just back on the tour for

:24:15. > :24:20.a couple of months that the spending all of last year fighting cancer and

:24:21. > :24:25.fighting it so bravely and positively, and inspiration from

:24:26. > :24:35.Seoul. Simone Bolelli and Lorenzi making up the Italian team in

:24:36. > :24:36.addition to the others we have already seen. And now the national

:24:37. > :24:51.anthems. ??CHEERING ITALIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM

:24:52. > :26:07.PLAYS. It looked like Andy Murray was

:26:08. > :26:18.hitting the top Sopranos note, good effort.

:26:19. > :27:56.One of the great anthems of the world, the Italian anthem and it is

:27:57. > :28:03.always good to hear the second verse of God Save The Queen. John Lloyd,

:28:04. > :28:09.in terms of how vivid matches going to be, when they get on court -- of

:28:10. > :28:15.how pivotal this match is going to be, when they get on court, it is

:28:16. > :28:20.going to be tight and key little moments will decide the type. I

:28:21. > :28:24.think this match decides the time. I think if we win this match, I think

:28:25. > :28:29.Andy Murray wins. If we lose, I still think Andy Murray will win but

:28:30. > :28:36.I'm concerned about the fifth match. Jamie Ward against Andreas Seppi on

:28:37. > :28:39.Sunday. Where will this match be won and lost? Playing on clay is not the

:28:40. > :28:43.easiest thing that the boys. Colin Fleming is a very good doubles

:28:44. > :28:56.player, but clay is not his best service. -- surface. Fabio Fognini

:28:57. > :29:01.and Simone Bolelli are very experienced. Andy has got to be the

:29:02. > :29:06.leader. I think this is an 50-50 match, I really do. We were talking

:29:07. > :29:11.about Andy's serve this morning, especially his second serve, there

:29:12. > :29:15.were several double faults, and a couple of those, the second serve

:29:16. > :29:22.barely made it halfway up the net. Why is that? Is it the ball toss?

:29:23. > :29:26.Getting tight? He looked like he wasn't accelerating on the server.

:29:27. > :29:32.It wouldn't surprise me if we get a lot of breaks of serve on both teams

:29:33. > :29:36.in this, because both return so well and we are not talking about a fast

:29:37. > :29:42.court, so it wouldn't surprise me. On a fast surface, you lose a break

:29:43. > :29:48.and you panic, set is over, but here, you will see breaks back.

:29:49. > :29:54.Again, I think Murray is the man. I think if he was plain doubles on the

:29:55. > :29:59.tour, he would be top five, so... Because of his ability to play

:30:00. > :30:03.angles and his touch? Everything. EAR When you have a Grand Slam

:30:04. > :30:10.winner you are so good, some of the angles down the middle he might be

:30:11. > :30:14.caught, but his overall about is he can return serve better than anybody

:30:15. > :30:19.else. With his big first serve, he is a brilliant player. Singles or

:30:20. > :30:24.doubles. We focus on Andy Murray but it takes two to tango and that there

:30:25. > :30:29.is Colin Fleming on the left. If we talk to Dominic who knows him well.

:30:30. > :30:34.Tell us about Colin as a person, and his particular skills as a player.

:30:35. > :30:39.Colin, he is a very good returner and also very good at the net, and

:30:40. > :30:43.poaching, and reading the game and putting away volley, so I think what

:30:44. > :30:46.you will see is Andy will make the returns and Colin is going to look

:30:47. > :30:52.to try and put pressure on the ground stroker by either crossing,

:30:53. > :30:55.holding, and maybe even rushing them with volleys. I think that is what

:30:56. > :31:00.he does well. He is positive. Even when it is not going well, he was

:31:01. > :31:04.helping me settle down in my first tie, saying we can do this, don't

:31:05. > :31:08.worry, we, we are getting our bearings, as a team they will be

:31:09. > :31:11.difficult to beat. I am sure there will be some watching who say this

:31:12. > :31:15.is a Scottish team, and they will have known each other for a very

:31:16. > :31:19.long time. Since they were young. Is that an extra sort of bond between

:31:20. > :31:23.them as well? Quite possibly. You know, it is good to be playing with

:31:24. > :31:29.your friend, and someone you want to play and win for, as a friend as

:31:30. > :31:33.well as a team-mate. They will have played as juniors, they will have

:31:34. > :31:37.played in Montreal and did well there. They have time together,

:31:38. > :31:41.under the belt, and hopefully that will show when they are playing

:31:42. > :31:46.today. When you don't play doubles very much, as Andy Murray doesn't,

:31:47. > :31:50.even allowing for his amazing technique and skills what are the

:31:51. > :31:55.things in a double's match that you need to refine, which is what

:31:56. > :31:59.practise does, which means he won't be, you know, as match tight if you

:32:00. > :32:04.like, when there four on court as when there is two? It is balls in

:32:05. > :32:08.the middle. It is knowing where your partner is, when you are playing

:32:09. > :32:11.doubles like Dom does every week, you know where your partner is going

:32:12. > :32:16.to be, you follow each other on the court. When you are playing, you

:32:17. > :32:20.know with doubles like Andy does, five or six times a year, you tend

:32:21. > :32:24.to leave gaps, so it is about covering together well, and bouncing

:32:25. > :32:28.off each other, so to speak. Again, he is good enough. The thing that

:32:29. > :32:33.concerns me is both of our guys second severs. We have talked about

:32:34. > :32:37.Andy and Colin's second serve can be shaky. They are playing against two

:32:38. > :32:41.players that return serve very well. They will be under pressure on their

:32:42. > :32:45.serves, more than it would be if it was on a faster service, that

:32:46. > :32:50.concerns me. So Dominic if your second serve, or if the opposition

:32:51. > :32:54.perceive your second serve to be a potential weakness, as the serve

:32:55. > :33:01.what do you try to do with that ball. -- server? First, you would

:33:02. > :33:06.try increase the percentage of your first serve. You might slow it down

:33:07. > :33:09.and go to the body more to give yourself more percentage. If you are

:33:10. > :33:14.stuck with a second serve, you will try and go bigger targets, a big

:33:15. > :33:20.kick, that gives you a good bra jebg triand you can attack it more. --

:33:21. > :33:24.trajectory. As a partner he might look to come in and fake a bit,

:33:25. > :33:28.cross a bit more, so it is asking a question from the returner, and he

:33:29. > :33:33.might be put off a bit by the movement of the net player.

:33:34. > :33:37.Agree totally. I think this is going to be a very interesting contrast, I

:33:38. > :33:42.do think we will win this match, but I think it is going to be very

:33:43. > :33:47.tough. On a faster surface I would have to problem predicting our boys

:33:48. > :33:53.to win. On clay think it will be a tough match.

:33:54. > :33:57.Final preparations under way, as the Italian Davis Cup captain watches.

:33:58. > :34:06.He couldn't be watching any other sport could he, other than tennis.

:34:07. > :34:10.First one way, then the other. Leon Smith, he, he is aloof. He is

:34:11. > :34:16.watching one end of the court, which is probably British end. We will let

:34:17. > :34:22.you go and say to onnan, let us hope, we obviously I am sure 90% of

:34:23. > :34:25.people watching, most people watching will be hoping for a

:34:26. > :34:30.British success. Let us hope for a good game. We have had fantastic

:34:31. > :34:34.tennis, so we could be in for a real treat over the course of the next

:34:35. > :34:39.couple of hours or so. So Jonathan, all yours.

:34:40. > :34:43.Absolutely, I agree with that, I often think situations like this, it

:34:44. > :34:47.is my role to put out the mitigating circumstances for the opposition, in

:34:48. > :34:52.advance of a match like this. High hopes from a British point of view,

:34:53. > :34:56.obviously for Murray and Fleming, but in Bolelli and Fognini, this is

:34:57. > :35:00.a reasonably established partnership, they reached the

:35:01. > :35:06.semifinals of the Australian Open in 2013, they won their second tour

:35:07. > :35:10.doubles title a few weeks later in Buenos Aires, they made another

:35:11. > :35:15.semi-final in Sao Paolo, they could have gone on to win that, had

:35:16. > :35:21.Fognini not with draw up with a leg problem, they made the Acapulco

:35:22. > :35:26.final that year as well, so they have lots of tour experience. In

:35:27. > :35:31.Davis Cup, Fabio Fognini his doubles record, he has won three, lost one,

:35:32. > :35:36.Bolelli his record is won six, lost two and here is the thing to really

:35:37. > :35:44.note. Bolelli unbeaten in Davis Cup doubles on clay, Fognini unbeaten in

:35:45. > :35:48.Davis Cup doubles on clay. So, how has that made you feel folks? It is

:35:49. > :35:53.tough. It will be hard work. They might have Andy Murray in their

:35:54. > :35:57.ranks but make who mistake the Italians will fancy their chances.

:35:58. > :36:04.Really excited about this Dominic, this is the PFI 258 match so often.

:36:05. > :36:07.Absolutely, I think especially considering the final day could be

:36:08. > :36:11.quite evenly poised. They both know that this, it really could come down

:36:12. > :36:16.to this. The winner of this will go into the final day feeling good

:36:17. > :36:21.about their chances of winning. As you mention Andy is a great doubles

:36:22. > :36:25.player, great singles as well. Colin, great doubles player, on

:36:26. > :36:31.clay, they will have more time when they are staying back, to rip at the

:36:32. > :36:38.net guy, it gives them more options and they will be tricky. You will

:36:39. > :36:42.see that with both hilters technically gifted, and it will be a

:36:43. > :36:47.close match. You have reason to ex -- recent experience having beaten

:36:48. > :36:51.Fabio Fognini in doubles a few weeks ago, in Indian Wells California.

:36:52. > :36:56.Tell us about that experience. Well, it was you know it was an important

:36:57. > :37:03.match, it was our first round and we were playing against Seppi and

:37:04. > :37:07.Fognini -- pardon me Fognini. They crushed us in the first set, we were

:37:08. > :37:11.able to pulpit back, despite being a break downing we started finding our

:37:12. > :37:15.feet, realised what they might be doing, as the time Fognini was

:37:16. > :37:23.playing, he was using his backhand a lot down the line, his forehand, he

:37:24. > :37:28.can do anything with that. His serve he likes to slice the serve. He

:37:29. > :37:33.wants to open up the court. He is happy hitting cross court all day,

:37:34. > :37:38.so it is important to try and almost give a dummy occasionally so he is

:37:39. > :37:42.forced to go liefrn. After looked across, you are putting the question

:37:43. > :37:47.mark, always in his mind, where is this net going to go. He is not just

:37:48. > :37:51.comfortable in cross court. Someone like Bolelli he has a beautiful

:37:52. > :37:55.backhand, we will see that, so trying to not give him that

:37:56. > :38:01.opportunity to use that and hit it where ever he wants.

:38:02. > :38:05.Good effort from Andreas Seppi earlier today. Nothing really to

:38:06. > :38:12.show for it. Straight sets defeat to Andy Murray is what the score card

:38:13. > :38:19.will read, but those who saw it will remember a mighty fine effort for

:38:20. > :38:24.the more experiences of two. Here is Simone Bolelli, who had a couple of

:38:25. > :38:28.decent years on the tour. He is pretty experienced at 28-year-olds

:38:29. > :38:34.of age. A career high in singles of 36, back in 2009, but a combination

:38:35. > :38:39.of loss and form and a lot of injuries as well, perhapsings a

:38:40. > :38:47.desire to focus more on doubles has sent it crashing down to 364 at the

:38:48. > :38:54.moment. A bad wrist injury last year. Murray knows all about that,

:38:55. > :39:00.he missed French Open of 2007 and Wimbledon that year of course. Final

:39:01. > :39:06.instructions from the captains, there is Fognini who got the tie off

:39:07. > :39:09.to a winning start for Italy. -- perhaps. A lot of anticipation

:39:10. > :39:52.round the stadium here. The secret code of doubles, you have

:39:53. > :39:55.to cover your mouth because someone in the crowd could spot it and get

:39:56. > :40:02.it down to the other end in an instant. I think it becomes, just

:40:03. > :40:08.natural, you start doing it and you can't stop doing it!

:40:09. > :40:18.Like the touchy-feely hands, here we go, we didn't quite get it. It is

:40:19. > :40:21.like a nervous tic. You want to keep commune care, keep a bond with your

:40:22. > :40:28.partner. I know someone like Steve is not a big fan of it, Neil Harmon,

:40:29. > :40:33.pardon me, it is necessary, sometimes.

:40:34. > :40:38.The The funny thing talking about that, you didn't go through that

:40:39. > :40:43.stuff 15, 20 years ago, now all the players do it, it has spread to club

:40:44. > :40:47.players now. Club players do it, they give the touch and, I have seen

:40:48. > :40:52.them starting to talk with the hands over the mouth. I am thinking who is

:40:53. > :41:10.going to hear you? There is no-one here. Spies. Spies!

:41:11. > :41:13.First game for Britain. If you are just a casual player at home, like

:41:14. > :41:19.me, you know what your partner is saying to youen a Sunday morning. It

:41:20. > :41:22.is get one in play, please. It really does stem from that,

:41:23. > :41:26.because, you know there is always this belief that if you do it wrong

:41:27. > :41:29.by yourself, you blame yourself, but you don't want that feeling of your

:41:30. > :41:33.partner being upset with you, sometimes if you are the partner and

:41:34. > :41:39.you know, and your team-mate has missed it. You want to day don't

:41:40. > :41:46.worery, let us keep positive and that reassurance you so don't feel

:41:47. > :41:50.added pressure from your team-mate. -- you want to say don't worry.

:41:51. > :41:56.There is a real edge to this match. The first two match, they were tough

:41:57. > :42:00.match, but they were relatively easy to predict who was going to win both

:42:01. > :42:07.matches, this one is the one that is sort of the unknown factor here. It

:42:08. > :42:13.is obviously, the crucial stage of the match, 1-1. Is it a 50-50 match

:42:14. > :42:20.or does the presence of Murray weight it more in Britain's favour.

:42:21. > :42:24.I think it is marginal. What do you think only do Dom? I agree. It is

:42:25. > :42:31.marginal favourites. I think the clay is a big leveller.

:42:32. > :42:35.I can't get my head round when male players serve and stay back. In

:42:36. > :42:46.doubles, it is something it is amazing, but it works.

:42:47. > :42:51.Better not stay back if he hits forehands like that. That was a

:42:52. > :43:26.bottom of the net job. We have seen a lot of body serves.

:43:27. > :43:30.The Brits served a lot and seen it twice now to Andy. It is so

:43:31. > :43:34.difficult to create and an angle there. That is when the net guy

:43:35. > :43:40.could get involved. Do you think that is coming back into the game a

:43:41. > :43:46.bit more in? Singles it seems to not have vanished but gone away, is it

:43:47. > :44:00.coming back in doubles? Absolutely, it is a very the rested play.

:44:01. > :44:05.-- trusted play. You must know, when you were

:44:06. > :44:09.hitting, certain volley, if you went to body it was difficult. There is

:44:10. > :44:13.no angles. It very much like that in doubles when you are serving volume.

:44:14. > :44:18.You don't want them to have the angles. It makes it more central,

:44:19. > :44:35.that is where the doubles part of the net can get involved.

:44:36. > :44:44.Just distracted by a couple of spectator, a couple of late comers,

:44:45. > :44:53.behind Bolelli. -- spectators.

:44:54. > :44:57.That is two forehands he has hit in this game, that have not looked like

:44:58. > :45:08.going over. Certainly nervous in his first game.

:45:09. > :45:14.You can see the way he is breathing here, he is tight right now

:45:15. > :45:18.Sometimes can happen, you don't want to lose your serve for sure.

:45:19. > :45:21.Especially if he hasn't played a lot of doubles, he played in Miami but

:45:22. > :45:41.we don't know what he has done before that, or since that, so...

:45:42. > :45:46.Fognini used the eye formation, it is difficult to know where the

:45:47. > :45:51.person that the net like Fognini is going to go, because he is right in

:45:52. > :45:55.the centre. Do you on that though, if obviously if you had time on the

:45:56. > :45:59.second serve, when somebody is playing that formation, do you make

:46:00. > :46:05.up your mind where you are going to hit it? You have an idea where you

:46:06. > :46:09.are going to go, but defend pending where the serve going you may shift

:46:10. > :46:19.less because the angles don't work in his favour, so I have to commit

:46:20. > :46:53.to my side but not as aggressively. -- depending.

:46:54. > :47:00.The player at the net crouching down, close to the net on the the

:47:01. > :47:04.centre line is something that Todd Woodbridge and Mark Wooded for will

:47:05. > :47:12.bore you with, saying they invented it. They invent it for specific

:47:13. > :47:18.opponents. Some great names from the '80s. They

:47:19. > :47:28.brought it for specific players, now it is so commonplace.

:47:29. > :47:36.What a team they were though. The Woodies.

:47:37. > :48:23.-- Mark Woodford. Well played.

:48:24. > :48:26.Great pick up. He was lazy with his volley there, it was almost like it

:48:27. > :48:29.was a foregone conclusion he was going to put this ball away, he

:48:30. > :48:36.didn't really go for that one as enough as he should have done. Great

:48:37. > :48:40.pick up from Murray. Good day for Colin Fleming. He maybe

:48:41. > :48:45.feeling it there under that overhead, put it away nicely. But

:48:46. > :48:50.from being the senior partner, alongside Dominic in the last match,

:48:51. > :48:58.he is now alongside Andy Murray, stepping back in to the breach.

:48:59. > :49:02.We have seen a little pattern, when they have, ground stroke, they seem

:49:03. > :49:06.to be targeting Colin Fleming early in the match, that maybe because he

:49:07. > :49:10.hasn't played a match here yet, he might be still trying to get his

:49:11. > :49:15.bearings a bit. And he is not Andy Murray. He is not Andy Murray who is

:49:16. > :49:18.settled. He has played today. He is seeing the ball like a football,

:49:19. > :49:24.really. Maybe the tactics might change as they go along. Colin is a

:49:25. > :49:27.stronger volleyer, but he is still cold, still needs to get himself

:49:28. > :49:28.into this match, so maybe that is why at the beginning they are trying

:49:29. > :49:40.to attack him. Lots of option, Britain in doubles

:49:41. > :49:45.these days, when you think that Dom is having to put up with our company

:49:46. > :49:51.this weekend, then you have a couple of Wimbledon champions in Jamie

:49:52. > :49:53.Murray. Not able to get anywhere team at the moment and Ross Hutchins

:49:54. > :50:03.on the bench of course. He had that one lined up half an

:50:04. > :50:26.hour before he hit it! Good rallying from Fleming from a

:50:27. > :50:59.very deep position. It will be interesting to see, I I

:51:00. > :51:04.think that may well be what gives Britain the edge, is the fact that

:51:05. > :51:08.our net will be moving looking to cross, I don't see don't see the

:51:09. > :51:12.Italians doing that much. Maybe I will be wrong and they will add that

:51:13. > :51:15.dynamic toe their game. If the net guy is not moving you feel more

:51:16. > :52:16.comfortable, going across court. There is no pressure coming.

:52:17. > :52:24.Ferocious forehand there. Right on to advertising hoardings,

:52:25. > :53:26.you will see it here. Back in. You have to have an adept body

:53:27. > :53:28.swerve. Get out of the way of some of the drives you know are going out

:53:29. > :53:52.Absolutely. Looks like Murray so far is slowing

:53:53. > :53:58.his serve down a bit, trying to get that, as you were saying earlier,

:53:59. > :54:02.high percentage of first serve, you see the what happens on the second

:54:03. > :54:10.serve, they can really get the ball down low, when it is not even a

:54:11. > :54:18.volley, that high percentage of serves from both player, I think.

:54:19. > :54:21.That one he went for a bigger one and made it. ? You are right. The

:54:22. > :54:25.second serves as you mentioned earlier, the second serves are slow,

:54:26. > :54:32.and that will give the Italians an opportunity to attack, you want to

:54:33. > :54:34.give as few as opportunity. Slowing down the first serve is not such a

:54:35. > :54:47.bad play. If you expect a bit of a gun coming

:54:48. > :55:10.at you, over 200 and sud his you see a kick e you might be be early.

:55:11. > :55:26.Well held. I knew he was joking because Fognini had a few words with

:55:27. > :55:33.the umpire and Murray was like, "If you can have a word with the umpire,

:55:34. > :55:49.so can I." Game point. Definitely targeting the Bolelli on

:55:50. > :55:54.every serve there. So good from that position, if, you

:55:55. > :55:57.shouldn't be missing those anywhere but they are deadly accurate from

:55:58. > :56:16.that sort of position. Once that ball gets up in the air...

:56:17. > :56:21.Again, that, there is something there he thought it was going to be

:56:22. > :56:25.a high backhand, maybe slightly in the body. It is going to be

:56:26. > :56:29.difficult for Fognini to redirect that line, so as a result, Colin

:56:30. > :56:32.nudges over slightly, it wasn't a full cross, it was more of a pinch

:56:33. > :56:43.as we call it, where you get close to the centre, as a result you have

:56:44. > :56:47.that high volley and do damage. Scenes from the day so far in

:56:48. > :57:08.Naples. The captain emphasising the prematch

:57:09. > :57:13.instructions, I am sure, to Colin Fleming on the left and the familiar

:57:14. > :57:20.face of Andy Murray. Just a few pointers to think of. The

:57:21. > :57:23.key moments perhaps. I like the way that Leon Smith brings his

:57:24. > :57:27.personality on to court, you know, he is not afraid to stand in front

:57:28. > :57:31.of Andy Murray, is he and emphasise what they will have talked about

:57:32. > :57:35.prematch? Definitely. He will come out there, that is his job on the

:57:36. > :57:39.court, to see things that Andy can't see, because he is there in the heat

:57:40. > :57:43.of the moment. He will say "These guys may be serving here, they like

:57:44. > :57:47.to return here." They are always doing this. Things that you won't

:57:48. > :58:18.notice and you need, it is great to have that, as a little extra piece

:58:19. > :58:23.of information. He has just whacked that spare ball.

:58:24. > :58:53.It was definitely out. He is holding his hand up in apology. These things

:58:54. > :58:58.happen. He hasn't got that going at all. He

:58:59. > :59:02.is missing them by a long way. He is not even getting close to them. That

:59:03. > :59:07.is 3 he has dumped in the middle of the net. They are not difficult

:59:08. > :59:12.shots either. You would think those once he would be feeding right into

:59:13. > :59:20.them. He has time to hit the dipper. It is still a bit tight.

:59:21. > :59:24.-- those ones. It is early stages here, he might go on the play a

:59:25. > :59:28.blinder, but on early evidence Bolelli appears to be a bit of weak

:59:29. > :59:34.link. How much of a factor can that be when one player is having a bad

:59:35. > :59:38.day? It can be a big factor, he can think I am letting down the team and

:59:39. > :00:04.as a result this could snowball, get worse and worse.

:00:05. > :00:15.What point was. He didn't do badly there, did he? I have changed my

:00:16. > :00:23.mind, he's the best player on the court. That was fantastic doubles.

:00:24. > :00:29.Did that point have everything? That will give his confidence a boost. I

:00:30. > :00:55.should say. Good move there from Fleming. Made a

:00:56. > :00:59.quick move there and then pulled back and you could see, it put

:01:00. > :01:07.Bolelli off and he rushed that forehand. Andy seems to be hitting

:01:08. > :01:11.his forehand pretty flat, not getting it much loop, and that it

:01:12. > :01:15.may be causing Bolelli to have difficulties, he is expecting a

:01:16. > :01:33.heavier ball instead of the flat one that is getting through.

:01:34. > :01:38.Even though they lost that game, I would still say that was sort of a

:01:39. > :01:49.good game for the British pair. They were close. Absolutely, we mentioned

:01:50. > :01:51.it before, compound pressure. We were able to get out of it at this,

:01:52. > :02:55.but what about 5-5, a tie-break? Rightly annoyed with himself there,

:02:56. > :02:56.Fognini. Did the important part, got the return nice and low and then

:02:57. > :03:29.missed the forehand. Well, -- well played, Britain. Good

:03:30. > :03:35.return by Murray, shortened up the court.

:03:36. > :03:48.A decent finish by Fleming as well, that backhand not that easy.

:03:49. > :03:59.A little too ambitious there. That is a 40-0 point. I'm not sure he

:04:00. > :05:04.would have gone for that at 30-30. Good scramble by Bolelli, though.

:05:05. > :05:11.That a 40-0 volley that Murray went for on the angle now, not such a

:05:12. > :05:16.comfortable game. This is the first big test for the British pair.

:05:17. > :05:41.Normally on the ATP Tour, this would be a sudden-death deuce.

:05:42. > :06:18.Complaining, as he might, about a bad bounce.

:06:19. > :06:26.That is the first occasion where we saw the sort of down the middle,

:06:27. > :06:29.where they weren't quite sure. Andy thought he was going to hit it and

:06:30. > :06:32.that the last minute, backed off. They did well to keep themselves in

:06:33. > :07:38.the rally, but in the end, lost out. An important hold for Britain, still

:07:39. > :07:45.going with serve in the opening set of the doubles, 4-3. Strange

:07:46. > :07:49.goings-on indoors in Geneva, meanwhile. This is the match to

:07:50. > :07:55.determine who Britain could play in the semifinals, if they get that

:07:56. > :08:01.far. Switzerland at 1-1 with Kazakhstan after day one, but in the

:08:02. > :08:05.doubles, listen to this, Federer and Wawrinka are two sets to love down.

:08:06. > :08:21.Goodness me. They have just lost the second set tie-break, 7-5, to your

:08:22. > :08:26.mate, Golubev and his chum. Korolev. He is a strong player, but

:08:27. > :08:32.I wasn't expecting that result. It isn't a result yet. Federer and

:08:33. > :08:45.Wawrinka, numbers four and three respectively in the singles. What a

:08:46. > :08:52.boost that could be for Kazakhstan. It wouldn't be bad if you are down

:08:53. > :08:58.2-1 and you have Federer and Wawrinka to come in the singles.

:08:59. > :10:20.That is a pity there, they had a chance in that rally and Colin

:10:21. > :10:25.seemed to take the wrong shot. I don't know what he was trying to do,

:10:26. > :11:12.perhaps to hit it short. Should have won that point.

:11:13. > :11:19.You just get the feeling, John, but this could be a match of a couple of

:11:20. > :11:51.hundred points or more that gets decided by one or two. Yes.

:11:52. > :12:05.This is what we are talking about, this sort of situation, in a key

:12:06. > :12:07.game, the eighth game of the set. It is deuce for the first time on the

:12:08. > :12:39.Italians' serve. He is looking at the court again.

:12:40. > :13:00.Sorry, mate. It is your court. Your court.

:13:01. > :13:13.Brave move from Murray and it pays off! Britain break for a 5-3 lead in

:13:14. > :13:18.the first set. That is a very good cross. He went from a long way. He

:13:19. > :13:23.had to hit that volley almost in the tramline. Very difficult when

:13:24. > :13:28.someone is trailing down the line, he had the whole court and he did a

:13:29. > :14:26.great job of bringing it back across court.

:14:27. > :14:41.Bat was a venomous forehand by Andy. -- that was. Well, it is a

:14:42. > :14:45.good tactic. Yes, it makes you think that next time come you can't give

:14:46. > :14:46.them a short, easy volley, or you will get hit again. Subconsciously,

:14:47. > :14:58.it gives you a bit of fear. That was a big forehand, it was his

:14:59. > :15:18.old coach, Ivan Lendl, that used to do that.

:15:19. > :15:26.He is just not returning well today, Bolelli. On the backhand, he

:15:27. > :15:29.is really struggling. He has missed some big forehand is, but the

:15:30. > :15:33.British pair, a very high percentage of first serves, he can't seem to

:15:34. > :15:47.handle it when it gets up high at the moment.

:15:48. > :15:54.I know that pain too well. It is very difficult as a single hander,

:15:55. > :16:01.when the ball gets up to you to hit it inside out. That guy, you know,

:16:02. > :16:05.doesn't have the move, it is difficult to you to get across

:16:06. > :16:06.court. It is a tricky return and they seem to be peppering that one

:16:07. > :16:44.side all the time. He knows how big a mistake that was.

:16:45. > :16:51.They are talking about it being a double hit on the volley. I think

:16:52. > :16:56.there was actually a pigeon on the side. That too. They can choose

:16:57. > :17:01.whichever argument they want, they have got a two of them. And neither

:17:02. > :17:09.one is going to wash with Carlos Ramos, I am afraid. I tell you

:17:10. > :17:17.what. Forget the pigeon, we will take the pigeon... Where is it? It

:17:18. > :17:24.is over there. A massive distraction! Everyone look at the

:17:25. > :17:27.pigeon! Fleming hit it perfectly. I have never heard about stopping play

:17:28. > :17:40.because of the pigeon. That is amazing! Are you kidding? A

:17:41. > :17:47.half volley drop shot, set point. That is why Andy Murray has been

:17:48. > :17:55.drafted in, right there. Beautiful touch, beautiful feel. Murray and

:17:56. > :17:58.Fleming with the lead in this doubles. But definitely a moment of

:17:59. > :18:13.controversy there on the penultimate point. That will not please Fabiola.

:18:14. > :18:17.-- Fognini. I think the argument for them is double hit and two swings.

:18:18. > :18:21.You are allowed a double hit, as famously done by Greg Rusedski one

:18:22. > :18:26.year at Wimbledon, I think it was against Andy Roddick. The argument

:18:27. > :18:31.would have been did he hold back and then adjust the face of his racket

:18:32. > :18:37.head? The Italian TV director won't let it slide, that is the shore. So

:18:38. > :18:44.the question is not did he hated twice, but did he just the face of

:18:45. > :18:52.the racket -- hit it twice? It also looked like a bit of a carry. The

:18:53. > :18:57.referee has been on court to try and make peace. There he is in the

:18:58. > :19:02.background in the black sweater. A very experienced official. His job,

:19:03. > :19:05.basically, is to listen to a lot of abuse over the weekend and then go

:19:06. > :19:16.home and put his feet up. That is basically the role of a Davis Cup

:19:17. > :19:22.referee. He had to deal with enough from Fognini in the singles and he

:19:23. > :19:26.is trying to calm him down. Now Bolelli is going at him. I would go

:19:27. > :19:33.home, if I were you. He is getting abuse from both sides, a barrage.

:19:34. > :19:38.Just when he thought he was done with one, the other one tags in.

:19:39. > :19:43.That is why it is a doubles team! This is great stuff. I love this. No

:19:44. > :19:58.one can say this is boring. There is a lot of information there,

:19:59. > :20:04.isn't there? You would think you were just want to say to him, " Just

:20:05. > :20:12.calm down. " Not much chance of that. Meanwhile, at the more Serena

:20:13. > :20:15.end of the court, Andy Murray and Colin Fleming are in the lead in the

:20:16. > :20:27.doubles tie -- Serena. This is a good chance to take

:20:28. > :20:34.advantage of the fact that they are still angry, having settled down.

:20:35. > :20:40.And another bit of luck, just to rub it in. It is not Fognini's day so

:20:41. > :21:14.far. What a chance this is for Britain

:21:15. > :21:23.now to push the accelerator even further. When the Italians play, the

:21:24. > :21:31.net guy always seems to be covering the crosscourt. To me, they have to

:21:32. > :21:34.mix it up a bit more, they cannot just come across court, or if they

:21:35. > :21:39.are, don't cover as much. Sometimes stay in the middle. They are not

:21:40. > :23:47.doing much with the eye formation. It is for show.

:23:48. > :23:55.Good move again by Fognini, just taking a little subtle ship because

:23:56. > :24:02.he knows it is going to be difficult for Colin to hit back forehand -- a

:24:03. > :24:59.little shuffle step. So just increasing the size of the area.

:25:00. > :25:07.Bat is about the best return he has hit off the backhand. -- that is.

:25:08. > :25:11.Finally got one down low enough, but at least he had a chance on the

:25:12. > :25:18.second shot the pass. He has made very few of those first returns. And

:25:19. > :25:19.that is what this team is based on, if they don't make those shots, they

:25:20. > :26:14.have no chance. Again, a great move by Colin

:26:15. > :26:24.Fleming, he just took a step to the right, giving a paint, and then

:26:25. > :26:34.stepping back into the line -- feint. Sets up the point well. A

:26:35. > :27:43.mistake by Bolelli not letting Fognini have the forehand.

:27:44. > :28:12.People getting in touch with us on social media, regarding the Davis

:28:13. > :28:15.Cup, the format. We'll go through your text messages and tweets at the

:28:16. > :28:27.change of ends. Marie's return of serve has been so

:28:28. > :28:33.good. It is very difficult for the Italians to do anything on the next

:28:34. > :28:35.shot because he's belting a two or three feet from the baseline and

:28:36. > :28:44.then charging behind it. It is almost impossible.

:28:45. > :28:50.Yes, he has such a compact backswing, it doesn't look like

:28:51. > :28:56.anything can go wrong. Uses all the pace, turns his body and gives it

:28:57. > :29:10.right back. With potentially some added bite as well.

:29:11. > :29:50.Good move. He probably needs doe a bit more of that. Unsettle Colin

:29:51. > :29:53.when he is rallying. Very good cross. It is a brave time,

:29:54. > :31:20.15-30. It is a fantastic return of serve

:31:21. > :31:26.That is three in a row we have seen the hit and the come in afterwards

:31:27. > :31:31.of pet thety goods serves. It requires good athleticism, where

:31:32. > :31:35.they want to be, both at the net. But I bet they haven't played

:31:36. > :31:38.anybody who is that deep. They have no shot at the next passing shot.

:31:39. > :31:53.Oh. What is he doing now? Britain break. Oh dear.

:31:54. > :32:00.What happened there was Bolelli's running sideways, not really kind of

:32:01. > :32:04.shuffling but running sideways, he gets caught behind him. Doesn't know

:32:05. > :32:09.what to do because his chest isn't facing the court. Why couldn't he

:32:10. > :32:12.have hit that with a backhand? I think it was towards his right

:32:13. > :32:16.shoulder, so it would be difficult to get it back from there. I think

:32:17. > :32:23.he tried something special, I don't know.

:32:24. > :32:28.Turned out great. Great Britain leading by one set to love. Good

:32:29. > :32:33.discussion with the boys here and John before this match, rethe future

:32:34. > :32:39.of Davis Cup and it is an ongoing debate. There has been rumbling on

:32:40. > :32:42.for year, a lot of you suggesting a World Cup of tennis style

:32:43. > :32:48.tournament. It is great in paper, it is the practice of it. The logistics

:32:49. > :32:53.that takes the thinking, it is not insurmountable but it would take a

:32:54. > :32:59.bit of planning. Well, it would but I think the ITF are so against it,

:33:00. > :33:04.until you get the players agreeing it need to be changed the ITF are

:33:05. > :33:09.happy. They are getting good crowds, and they are saying that the Davis

:33:10. > :33:12.Cup is fine, it is not fine. It is as simple as that. When you

:33:13. > :33:17.have half the top ten not playing and no-one knows who is in the final

:33:18. > :33:20.unless you are a fanatic, the Davis Cup should be a cross over event

:33:21. > :33:24.that people who are not that interested in tennis know about it,

:33:25. > :33:27.they don't. It is simple. It is not, it doesn't get the publicity it

:33:28. > :33:33.should do. It is a great event. It could be a great event. Manufacture

:33:34. > :33:40.It is very different, in the world group, when you have the 16 elite

:33:41. > :33:44.nations and some of the best players in the world and when you are down

:33:45. > :33:48.in the zone, playing in countries that don't have any established

:33:49. > :33:51.tournaments or anything like that, for those nations it is important,

:33:52. > :33:54.the federations get a lot of money through the Davis Cup in those

:33:55. > :34:08.nations, to develop the game. I agree.

:34:09. > :34:14.I am sure you want want to loose that, are you suggesting separating

:34:15. > :34:18.the competition? I am saying there should be some qualifying so you can

:34:19. > :34:24.still get the countries... There is now. Spread that out so at least the

:34:25. > :34:28.world group, the world group, you know, the top when it comes down two

:34:29. > :34:32.week vent, they have a three year gap. The lower ranked countries play

:34:33. > :34:36.through to it. -- event.

:34:37. > :34:41.It is the top players you have to care about. Without them, the

:34:42. > :34:45.competition die. If they are not happy about it you have to change

:34:46. > :34:49.it, otherwise it is going to be devalued if you keep getting the top

:34:50. > :35:11.players not playing the event. It can't work.

:35:12. > :35:15.They are changing the format, Josh saying how about having more matches

:35:16. > :35:19.played over three sets so all four members of the team have an

:35:20. > :35:29.opportunity to play over the weekend? And five matches as it is,

:35:30. > :35:40.on a weekend. I don't know how you could extend that. Suppose, I

:35:41. > :35:47.suppose you could but... When you get a good tie and good players, the

:35:48. > :35:52.format itself, single, doubles, reverse it is enough It is great nor

:35:53. > :35:56.Italy and Great Britain. No-one else cares about this tie, I am saying

:35:57. > :36:01.that the world, the finals, no-one knows about the final, other than

:36:02. > :36:04.those two countries, I mean, the average person won't know who are in

:36:05. > :36:41.the final last year, it shouldn't be bigger than that.

:36:42. > :36:47.He will have to be careful here, they are a break down, they don't

:36:48. > :37:02.want this match running away from them.

:37:03. > :37:07.When you look at the way the Brits have come into this tactically, it

:37:08. > :37:12.is almost, it is very simple what they are doing on return of serve.

:37:13. > :37:16.It is difficult to execute it. What they are doing every time they get a

:37:17. > :37:20.serve, first or second they are belting it and coming behind it. It

:37:21. > :37:24.is easy to say that, but the way they have done it it is not easy and

:37:25. > :37:29.Andy Murray in particular, and Maurice Clemmons, so far, have

:37:30. > :37:30.secured the play perfectly. The Italians haven't settled. They have

:37:31. > :37:42.no time to get into the rally. And Coll Fleming.

:37:43. > :37:46.-- Colin Fleming. . That is the kind of serves he has to hit for Andy not

:37:47. > :37:51.to come in. It takes away so much time, they are rushed and clay

:37:52. > :37:54.courters like the time. They like slow bounce, take time to have a

:37:55. > :37:56.look, hit it where they want, not suddenly get shoe laced off a return

:37:57. > :38:36.at the back of the court. What are you supposed to do about

:38:37. > :38:41.that? I was saying to you off air earlier I said it is most difficult

:38:42. > :38:44.to play against in doubles against the singles guy who has played a

:38:45. > :38:48.singles match that day. That is what Andy Murray has done. You can see

:38:49. > :39:04.it, he is right on top of every single return, he is in the zone.

:39:05. > :39:11.You often get it at some of the Masters vents on the tour, the one

:39:12. > :39:15.week tournaments that all the top ten players are contracted to play.

:39:16. > :39:20.Some of them, especially at the start of a new season, they will

:39:21. > :39:24.play doubles as well. That must be from your point of view the

:39:25. > :39:28.nightmare draw, almost, getting a tea time match against a Roger

:39:29. > :39:31.Federer or a Rafael Nadal. Obviously they are difficult but they will

:39:32. > :39:36.have certain holes in their game, because they don't play doubles on a

:39:37. > :39:40.regular basis as I mentioned, if they have play singles that day and

:39:41. > :39:43.come in later to play double, they are seeing the ball like a football.

:39:44. > :39:52.Doesn't matter what you do with the serve, they are like thank you to

:39:53. > :39:55.the fee, I will go down the line. I played Meltzer and I got crushed. He

:39:56. > :40:00.was seeing it so well. It is difficult to do anything about it.

:40:01. > :40:05.But a he has had a competitive match and he is aware of it so much

:40:06. > :40:10.better. They say the ball looks like a football to them and it probably

:40:11. > :40:14.does. He finished a year top ten in singles and doubles, but a rarity,

:40:15. > :40:19.to that end. Do you think more of a top singles guy should play doubles?

:40:20. > :40:22.Think, I would love them to, I think the more the better, the stronger

:40:23. > :40:25.the competition the better to the game of double, sometimes it is

:40:26. > :40:30.difficult when they have to play tough matches, and in doubles and in

:40:31. > :40:43.singles it drains them, they have to think about their long careers.

:40:44. > :40:53.Serving at 3 before 2, with a break. Second set.

:40:54. > :41:07.Those are the sort of returns if you are not going to make those type of

:41:08. > :41:09.return, that is where your game is based on, you are not winning the

:41:10. > :41:12.match. That was the second serve, mid court to his forehand, sitting

:41:13. > :41:20.up and he misses it by miles. What they have done, they have

:41:21. > :41:23.clamped on them from the beginning, this man in the picture hasn't

:41:24. > :42:12.settled. They might have been the best to

:42:13. > :42:17.shots he hit. Very good return and that time stayed well on the return.

:42:18. > :42:21.This is the sort of tennis he is capable of. Excellent return and

:42:22. > :42:25.that one handed backhand is so good. It hasn't been today. On the return

:42:26. > :42:29.I the time I have seen him play doubles was when he played on the

:42:30. > :42:34.ad. It is easier to play that across cross court. It is beautiful, as we

:42:35. > :42:37.say there, the fact has not made many returns inside out from the

:42:38. > :42:43.deuce court has affected the rest of his game. Because he is lacking

:42:44. > :42:50.confidence now. Any chance you might change sides if they lose this

:42:51. > :43:01.second set? That is a good question. It defends on Fabio Fognini. What he

:43:02. > :43:05.is saying. -- depends. That was a big point there. Second

:43:06. > :43:13.serve, sitting. Dumps in in the bottom of the net.

:43:14. > :43:17.Plenty of time, not even close. That is a sort of a bread-and-butter

:43:18. > :43:22.return of serve for is one of his calibre.

:43:23. > :43:29.Should be making those all day long. Just as the weaker partner starts to

:43:30. > :43:36.rise up. It's... They are not combining, one plays Deasley and the

:43:37. > :43:47.other plays badly. Murray has gone into a different play, some of the

:43:48. > :43:53.points he plays. -- decently. You are right, that high one, he

:43:54. > :43:58.just, he can't release it, he can't get it out of the way of his body or

:43:59. > :44:03.something, he can't cope with it I am surprised he is not trying to rip

:44:04. > :44:07.it down the line. Rip it at Colin, he will rip it back but they are

:44:08. > :44:12.still in the points. Do you think he could run round? He needs to change

:44:13. > :44:16.something up. He can't just be waiting for every time and not

:44:17. > :44:27.getting enough of those in. He needs to change it up a little bit.

:44:28. > :45:00.Brilliant spinnish. -- finish. Beautiful feel there.

:45:01. > :45:05.The confidence is high, when the confidence is high you feel like you

:45:06. > :45:21.can try every shot. Terrific support all weekend for the

:45:22. > :45:42.British team. Pattern of play so far, it is the

:45:43. > :45:48.British team which could be on its way to a 2-1, leading -- heading

:45:49. > :45:51.into the final day. Only the second set, but evidence to suggest that

:45:52. > :46:14.Britain can get this done. That was a pretty strong second

:46:15. > :46:19.serve, but that is what he needs to do, there is no other answer. He has

:46:20. > :46:22.to do something, the British pair, it is obvious what they are doing

:46:23. > :46:27.and the Italians are doing nothing to combat it, they are just going

:46:28. > :46:29.through a path where if they don't change something, they are out of

:46:30. > :46:40.this match pretty quick. I think Bolelli need to do more.

:46:41. > :46:43.They need to try something different.

:46:44. > :46:47.Like that, you give Andy an opportunity just to, you know, put

:46:48. > :46:49.it in there, cross court, and run in.

:46:50. > :46:53.As Bolelli, you have to be thinking to yourself, OK, I have to change, I

:46:54. > :46:58.have to help my partner out, I have to cross, I have to make Andy think

:46:59. > :47:04.something else. If it doesn't work, I. Ala break down on the second set

:47:05. > :47:18.but if it starts working, you know, you might build some momentum.

:47:19. > :47:26.Oh yes. Ha, ha. Murray has hit some beautiful lobs today, if you weren't

:47:27. > :47:32.with us early on BBC Two, a couple of special shots in the singles. I

:47:33. > :47:40.saw the strength trainer right there in the British box, just saying it

:47:41. > :47:47.is a joke. That spot on. The way Andy is playing... There we go.

:47:48. > :47:51.Perfect evidence of that. You know, we talk about seeing the

:47:52. > :47:54.tennis ball like a football, and there really, a classic example,

:47:55. > :47:58.because when it comes off the centre of the racquet like that, you don't

:47:59. > :48:04.have to do anything with it. You don't have to hit it too hard. All

:48:05. > :48:11.about the timing. Sweetness personified. Bolelli tried to cross

:48:12. > :48:16.there, that didn't work either. No. 5-2. Here is one for you, if we are

:48:17. > :48:21.talking about Davis Cup format and with relevance to the way the

:48:22. > :48:27.Italians are shaping up here, what about substitutions? In the doubles?

:48:28. > :48:32.That is like they have in the States with the team tennis, that is the

:48:33. > :48:37.same sort of thing. It is fun for the crowd. Captain... It would give

:48:38. > :48:42.you an option as a Dane, if you are going two sets down and everything

:48:43. > :48:48.you have tried doesn't work. You would kick them both out if I was

:48:49. > :48:52.there. Put the captain in. The only difficulty would be if you decide to

:48:53. > :48:58.put in one of your team-matings, he would have to come in cold, that is

:48:59. > :49:05.the worry of injuries could happen. Maybe if he warms it, he could hit

:49:06. > :49:12.some ball, it would be fun to watch! Are you saying I need to copyright

:49:13. > :49:17.that? I would be bringing in monster servers, bringing them return

:49:18. > :49:23.specialists on the return. You would have individual shot

:49:24. > :49:29.specialists for your team. So, 6-3, 5-2.

:49:30. > :49:43.Colin Fleming here. Serving for a two sets to love lead.

:49:44. > :49:47.To that this is a routine match at moment. You wouldn't know who is the

:49:48. > :49:50.home team here. Crowd are muted. Can hardly blame

:49:51. > :50:10.them really. Fognini as number one player and the

:50:11. > :50:13.captain of the team, so to speak with his ranking, he is no presence

:50:14. > :50:18.whatsoever on the court. I mean, there is no, it is basically just,

:50:19. > :50:24.there is nothing there. He is not the kind of doubles player should I

:50:25. > :50:35.say who will be able to take change of this match. That is so good.

:50:36. > :50:39.Really good. We are obviously going on about Andy Murray, rightly so,

:50:40. > :50:43.but credit to Colin Fleming too, because he has backed up Andy Murray

:50:44. > :50:47.very well. You still have half the court to cover, although Murray at

:50:48. > :50:50.the moment could probably play on his own and win against nirks but

:50:51. > :50:54.Colin Fleming has done a great job here too as well. -- against

:50:55. > :51:21.anybody. Oh brilliant, Colin Fleming,

:51:22. > :51:25.outstanding. Almost pushing Andy Murray out of way to win that point

:51:26. > :51:30.and win that game, and win that set, for Great Britain. Great to watch.

:51:31. > :51:35.Colin Fleming is doing a great job. His first volleys have been great

:51:36. > :51:39.today. They have been putting great returns into his feet, he is saying

:51:40. > :51:43.it doesn't matter, he is taking over the net. He has done a very good job

:51:44. > :51:49.and Andy as well, no wonder they are cruising right now.

:51:50. > :51:54.Two sets to love, Great Britain leads here in this quarter-final.

:51:55. > :52:00.Reverse singles tomorrow. Britain must be confident from here.

:52:01. > :52:06.Elsewhere, in this Davis Cup quarter-final weekend the Czech

:52:07. > :52:10.Republic are throughless already, a 3-0 lead against Japan. Lukas Roscol

:52:11. > :52:14.and Radek Stepanek doing the business and combining today to win

:52:15. > :52:20.the doubles in straight sets. Czech Republic with a terrific

:52:21. > :52:25.recent record in this competition. Germany are 2-0 up over France but

:52:26. > :52:30.France are hitting back today. Llodra and Benneteau combining to

:52:31. > :52:36.have a 2-0 lead in the doubles. Looks like that is going to be live

:52:37. > :52:40.into the final day. We have added the second set on a

:52:41. > :52:44.tie-break. Here is where it gets interesting. Indoors in Geneva by

:52:45. > :52:49.the airport. Stanislas Wawrinka beaten on day one, the Australian

:52:50. > :52:55.Open champion, Federer making it one all, two sets to one at the moment,

:52:56. > :52:59.in favour of Kazakhstan, in the doubles.

:53:00. > :53:04.Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka have won the third set, going with serve

:53:05. > :53:09.in the fourth. But fair to say this year's Davis Cup is wide, wide-open.

:53:10. > :53:14.It is wide-open and a question to you Dom, if you were, who would you

:53:15. > :53:18.rather play? I suppose it is obvious, but would you rather have

:53:19. > :53:22.the home match against Switzerland or the away match against

:53:23. > :53:28.Kazakhstan? On paper, obviously, it is an easier match but you are away

:53:29. > :53:34.from home. That is right. Who would you rather? I wonder. You know, if

:53:35. > :53:38.you think about what, the unproven players, you think maybe Kazakhstan,

:53:39. > :53:41.but to play at home in the semifinals of the Davis Cup against

:53:42. > :53:45.Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, I don't think anybody would want to

:53:46. > :53:49.say no to that. You want to play the best players. I agree. It would be

:53:50. > :53:55.great for the country to see such a showcase. It is the biggest Davis

:53:56. > :54:01.Cup tie since the classic match against the USA in 1999 when John

:54:02. > :54:10.was on the coaching bench, alongside his brother as captain. I think this

:54:11. > :54:14.could be bigger. You have three Grand Slam winners in the line up. A

:54:15. > :54:19.lot of tennis to be played before then. Looking at the ties the way

:54:20. > :54:22.they are, looking at the way Britain are playing, I don't think there is

:54:23. > :54:27.any reason Britain couldn't go on and win the Davis Cup this year. I

:54:28. > :54:30.said that earlier on, you have Andy Murray who is going to win two

:54:31. > :54:34.singles against anybody, unless maybe an away match if he was

:54:35. > :54:39.playing Spain, but that is not going to happen. We have great doubles

:54:40. > :54:48.players now. Why can't you win it? Absolutely. Well, somehow the

:54:49. > :54:52.Italians have got to master mind a come back here.

:54:53. > :55:01.From two sets to love down, having only won five games in the match so

:55:02. > :55:05.far. Having been outmanoeuvred. The level would have to get better. You

:55:06. > :55:10.would think they would relax a bit. Maybe they will express themselves a

:55:11. > :55:13.bit more, but... I would be intrigued to see if they do what you

:55:14. > :55:18.suggested. I think they should change sides. It is not working the

:55:19. > :55:22.other way. It certainly is not. I would be working on, telling them

:55:23. > :55:29.you have to serve, you have to place your serves better to Murray.

:55:30. > :55:35.Oh. They probably discussed that, how about going wide to the forehand

:55:36. > :55:38.and see if that works. Then they look at the captain. "Idiot." There

:55:39. > :56:32.is man who speaks from experience. Worth emphasising if you are

:56:33. > :56:36.unfamiliar with the format of the Davis Cup, this might be

:56:37. > :56:41.all-important on the middle Saturday Saturday of this tie, but even if

:56:42. > :56:45.itly lose this, they can still win the tie, two more singles matches

:56:46. > :56:49.tomorrow. -- on the middle Saturday of this

:56:50. > :57:40.tie. Great work at the net again. Good

:57:41. > :58:24.reactions. Putting up a great wall at the net.

:58:25. > :58:30.It is demoralising from an Italian point of view. They are doing the

:58:31. > :58:35.eye again, they are leaving it lying, I think the Brits are going

:58:36. > :58:40.line on the return, and there is no point really. No point at all If you

:58:41. > :58:45.are not going to mix it up. They have a target they can aim for, the

:58:46. > :59:06.British pair, there is no threat to them.

:59:07. > :59:14.Here is a thought. How about a serve and volley? They have done that from

:59:15. > :59:19.the first point without doing it, why not? I hadn't even thought of

:59:20. > :59:25.that. It is a bit worrying when we do not even think that is an option

:59:26. > :59:28.for them. I do not know if I would like to see Andy Murray's returns

:59:29. > :59:50.going to a low volley, that could be frightening.

:59:51. > :59:56.Beautiful backhand from Bolelli, inside out that is a very difficult

:59:57. > :00:02.shot. Be able to dip that, very impressive. Even at this point,

:00:03. > :00:06.Murray still somehow stayed in it, I know he ultimately lost the point

:00:07. > :00:12.but I think that half-volley made it. I think that the air is thinking

:00:13. > :00:28.that if he can hit Murray in the face, they might win by default!

:00:29. > :00:34.Very good cross. They need to do more than that. They have done it

:00:35. > :00:54.once every three or four service games, basically.

:00:55. > :01:01.I think it could be an early round of the world shoulder shrugging

:01:02. > :01:04.championship going on there. At least they managed to string

:01:05. > :01:10.together some decent points, they need that, very inconsistent today

:01:11. > :01:16.so far. They are not changing sides on the returns. With their returns a

:01:17. > :01:21.serve, not to have broken once on a clay court, they have not really got

:01:22. > :01:25.close. I think one game, they had a chance, other than that, it has been

:01:26. > :01:27.relatively comfortable. It is not over yet. Got to try something

:01:28. > :01:48.different. That has gone long again from

:01:49. > :01:53.Fognini. No break points, let alone breaks of serve. That is a terrible

:01:54. > :01:56.serve. To win the best point and have your better return, then have

:01:57. > :02:00.the next point, you think you can get into the game and that is a

:02:01. > :03:23.terrible mistake. A service hold from Fleming at the

:03:24. > :03:25.end of the second set. One for Murray at the start of the third.

:03:26. > :04:31.Really combining nicely today. They are all over the place, Italy,

:04:32. > :04:38.they looked rudderless. You wonder who is taking the lead, this man,

:04:39. > :04:43.Fognini, is much higher ranked in the singles list. Bolelli, the

:04:44. > :04:47.younger of the two, then there is the captain as well, but who's

:04:48. > :04:51.taking charge of the situation? Britain don't care. Another opening

:04:52. > :05:02.for Fleming and Murray. It looks like the fire has gone out of them.

:05:03. > :05:10.Just to see Murray's reaction there, he is so greedy for every point. He

:05:11. > :05:13.missed that one return, it is not like he has missed the whole match,

:05:14. > :05:21.he is not happy when he this is just one. He is only spinning his serve

:05:22. > :05:29.in in three quarters pace and he not making any first serves.

:05:30. > :05:38.Just rushed that a little. Such a good point there as well, to break

:05:39. > :05:43.points now. I think he went for the tag to be honest. He was trying to

:05:44. > :05:48.hit the man rather than when the point and try and go low. -- win the

:05:49. > :06:28.point and try and go low. That is the sort of one where you

:06:29. > :06:35.want a mishit return, isn't it? When the guys cross at the net, a lot of

:06:36. > :07:38.open net. It forces Colin to hit the tougher return and he missed it.

:07:39. > :07:42.You sense he is on the verge of losing it, Fognini. That second

:07:43. > :08:02.serve almost as strong as the first. He is going to have to come out

:08:03. > :08:06.tomorrow and play the number-1 singles match, first up, against

:08:07. > :08:16.Murray. Quite possibly, quite probably to save the tie. So this

:08:17. > :08:20.could have psychological damage. I wonder if they get broken here,

:08:21. > :08:31.maybe that is what he will stop thinking about tomorrow?

:08:32. > :08:37.He must be, when you think of it, he has won so few points to doubles to

:08:38. > :08:43.Murray, Murray has taken his serve and made it look like it is not even

:08:44. > :08:46.there. I know doubles is different to singles, but he has done such

:08:47. > :08:49.damage to him psychologically with that. I would think it is going to

:08:50. > :09:01.be big. Look at that length, is just so

:09:02. > :09:05.good. But it this way, John, ahead of the time without a ball being

:09:06. > :09:09.hit, you might have said Fognini against Murray against the final day

:09:10. > :09:13.was close on paper when you bring in the home advantage to Italy and his

:09:14. > :09:19.excellent form on clay, Fognini. Now off the back of pitch, -- the back

:09:20. > :09:54.of this, it's all changed. Great vision from Fleming. Spotted

:09:55. > :09:56.the gaps there, not the obvious one. Another break point for Britain. The

:09:57. > :10:23.fourth in the game. I think Colin might just know that,

:10:24. > :10:27.it is almost like a virtual match point if you can get that break. It

:10:28. > :10:29.is a bit of pressure, thinking, if I can get this point, it could be well

:10:30. > :11:20.over. A good recovery from Fleming met to

:11:21. > :11:27.make Acra to play one more touch shot at the net. So Italy survive.

:11:28. > :12:19.-- he made Bolelli play one more touch shot at the net.

:12:20. > :12:31.A nice collection of images from the day's play so far, which I think can

:12:32. > :12:36.be summarised with the simple fact that Britain are ahead. And things

:12:37. > :12:45.are not going the local's way. Still important they focus here. A lot of

:12:46. > :12:53.break point opportunities, it lull after you had an opportunity to kill

:12:54. > :13:23.off the match and did not take it. -- it is easy to fall into a lull.

:13:24. > :13:52.Did the hard work there, Colin Fleming. Missed the easy one.

:13:53. > :13:58.The Italians are targeting Fleming now. At winning forehand from