Quarter-Finals - Serbia v Great Britain: Day 1, Part 1 Davis Cup

Straight sets a game! Supreme performance at a first-class

tournament, Andy Murray. What a match and a victory for Andy

Murray. Was it really just five days ago that we were celebrating on

Centre Court with Andy Murray? We will be talking all things Andy with

Jamie and Andy in the build-up to the match. But Wimbledon has taken

its toll and he is not competing in this tie as the British team

continue their defence of the Davis Cup. So with no Murray, it is the

time for the rest of the British team to step up.

Good work at the net from Edmund. Oh, unrealistic smack fabulous move.

-- the tie will be played at the Tasmajdan Stadium in Belgrade. Great

Britain will be tested on the clay. I don't know what has happened about

our sum of tennis. It rained at the French Open, at Queen, and at

Wimbledon and it is raining in Belgrade as well. The forecast is

for showers. The only good news is that it is playing on the plate so

there will be no delays after the shallows have gone. Some British

fans have travelled out to Belgrade to support the team and hopefully

there will be tennis for them to watch. But not great news as far as

tennis is concerned at the moment. But we will move on and tell you

about the team. No Andy and no Novak Djokovic. Also

Viktor Troicki elected to miss the tie. Tipsarevic is a top player but

his ranking tumbled when surgery took him out for a few months. So

this is how the weekend looks. The first match is it with James

wore too often exceeds his expectations. So what has happened,

with the weather, Jamie? It is not easy and the nerves are already

jangling for Kyle and James. It's not good but at least it's on a clay

court. At least it depends how heavy that brain is. If it is drizzle, you

can play on. We saw that at the French Open. It has to rain pretty

hard for them to stop. And once you have had a few days, you will play

in pouring rain, just get this thing finished! We saw that at Wimbledon,

people were happy to play a few points in the rain. Heavy conditions

for Kyle Edmund in the absolutely crucial match, the first tennis we

will see here. It could be the whole tie on this one. He can hit through

no matter what happens. Being a French Open champion yourself, you

will know all about clay. But in heavy conditions when the ball is

fluffing up with dampness in the air, you need physical strength.

Kyle has that. He has turned himself into a physical specimen. He needs

to take a leadership role here. He almost be David Goffin in November.

Now a real weight on the shoulders. Yes, pressure on him. Andy Murray

not playing, but has travelled out here. A big supporter Kyle.

Everybody was surprised, not that he was not playing, but that he came

out here. It shows he wants to be part of the team. I am excited for

Kyle. It is his chance to step up. Normally when Andy is playing, and

all the attention is on him. Kyle can step up. Now -- with the

enormity of everything that happened after the Wimbledon final, it's not

surprising. I can't believe this. This was a magnificent sporting

achievement. You don't have to argue with people about it. You can have a

discussion about the most eminent British sports person when all is

said and done. But at this time, there is nobody better than Andy

Murray. And about this tribe, looking back on it, with a few doses

sink in for us and for Kim! It was so predictable, and so likely after

Novak Djokovic went out. For me, there was one winner of that

tournament. Easy to say now. Federer did not quite have the firepower to

come through a semifinal. Andy just did not look like losing. He just

had winner written all over him. In fact, since round one at Queen 's as

well. He has turned himself into a great champion. He will defend

Olympic gold. A shame he is not playing but this is a good come -- a

big come-down for him and he has to look after his body. Leon Smith did

not think he would play and sure enough, he is not. I'm amazed he is

there. It means so much to him, the Davis Cup. It's incredible that he

would go to the Davis Cup match in survey to support the team when he

has a new baby and everything. -- in Serbia. Andy has made his way to

Belgrade by private jet and yesterday he was out on the practice

court with his British team-mates. Obviously, I enjoy playing tennis, I

enjoy practising and training so it was just, Bruce Lee, different, but

-- obviously, different but I had done this a few times before. This

is not the first time I have done that on a tennis court. Sell your

role this week is as a supporter. You are an analyst of the way

matches unfold. Will you be looking to throw advice to the players, or

truly Leon as well? If anyone wants it, yeah. But I'm not here to start

telling anybody what to do. If Leon wants to ask me about any of the

players I have played against, or any of the players want to ask me, I

will help and try to give advice that we have a great team which has

won the Davis Cup before. The guys that you are helping me do a great

job. I have had that advice from them over the last few years and

they are fantastic. All of the tactics and staff going into matches

are really good. Leon knows more about the players and I will but if

any body wants to ask, I will try and help.

I think they will be asking, don't you, Jamie?! I do. Amazing how

humble years. First time he has been there not playing but if he has

anything to say during a match, everybody will be like, what is

that, can you pass some of your genius onto us, it will help! And

all of them have said how his coaching and the way he reads the

game has helped them in other matches. Andy dissects people. He

will have a mental Rolodex of every single weakness and every strength

and every moment of crisis and how every opponent reacts in that

moment. Waiters served to them in a clay court or inside or outside.

This guy is legitimately one of the greats of the game. And he is that

the side. He has left home when rest is a priority, to support the team.

Do you think they will want to hear what he has to say? Absolutely! This

is why, at this point, he is such a major hazard to British tennis. And

afterwards, he will be as well because he clearly loves being

involved. I think it's fantastic. Imagine how the opposition feel,

looking at it from the other point of view. He is a pain, he is a

presence at the other side of the court. He will have to be big here

because playing in Belgrade against Serbia, on clay, away from home,

they go in as favourites. This is a big deal and Andy could be a few

percentage difference and that could be all it could take. We don't know

if Djokovic will make an appearance, but when he went out of Wimbledon,

it was not a surprise that he did not play here. It's a massive

statement from Andy. A big boost to the team. For Kyle and James on the

court, to have him there, to give up his own time to be there, amazing.

Also on the match front, there are two sides to it. He is one of the

cleverest player on court. He figures out things and he is

massively into watching lots of tennis and his match analysis, he

goes through every single serve, where somebody is going to head. All

of that information at the right time will come out during the

singles matches. Whether or not the Brits can react to it is another

thing, you don't want to disappoint Andy. Andy, I did have a backgammon

-- backhand like yours, I can't hit it different ways. But it's

wonderful that he is there. Not only does he train with them, but he

follows them and they are playing in challenges, and he is always

watching them. He is good news. We are hearing that the start has been

delayed. We are not surprised. You can see that the brollies are up in

Belgrade. It looks like even the Serbian Summa is not what it really

should be. So a delay. They are assessing the court. They will wait

until it stops. It will not paddle. We have all been out there with a

mop... Remember those days? Yes, we all remember. Yes, just wait a few

minutes. Nobody opening the time until there is a window opportunity.

That man has taken his brolly down so there is some hope. How dab of

the conditions? We talking about how heavy it will be. Does that help

Kyle or not? The interesting thing is that earlier in the week it was

45 degrees out there. We were talking about Kyle Edmund hoot

cramped in the final, probably out of tension. The temperature is way

cooler now. So it will be heavier. I don't think it will be the deciding

factor. His match against Tipsarevic will be whether Kyle plays to his

level. We don't know what Tipsarevic will do. He has not played much

tennis, two years out. So we don't really know. It's a fascinating

first match but there is a lot riding on it. He beat Dmitri Payet

at Queen's Club. Although Griego's -- he beat David Troll -- he beat

Grigor Dimitrov although his assent as man is not what it should be.

He's a world-class player, injured. But you put these guys from the

Balkans in their own backyard, and this crap 20% harder. Do you fancy a

cup of tea and a sticky bun? I think we will be talking for a little

while here this afternoon while we await the showers moving away from

Belgrade. So no Andy Murray on court but the British captain is certainly

happy about the team he has chosen. I'm not concerned at all. This is

what it's all about. They have got to go out and give it everything.

And the biggest thing that you say to them is that if they can go out

and give 100% of their best effort from the first ball to the last is

struck, you can walk of court with pride. Regardless of the outcome.

That is what they have to focus on. To do their best with good focus and

passion. They have support from the chair to talk about how the game is

going. There will be ebbs and flows and ways to change the matches.

Looking at Kyle, he lacks experience but he is very good on a clay court.

His first experience of Davis Cup was the final against David Goffin.

We know the level that he has got. Even the players we are playing now,

we respect the opposition and four two said he was outstanding. Kyle is

another six months on from there. -- and four two sets, he was

outstanding. And the James Ward, what could you ask for. If you slip

down the rankings and you have an opportunity to come into Davis Cup

which he loves, put on your Great Britain shirt and get out there and

give your best effort and have an upset. That would give him a big

boost moving into the summer. He is very happy with his team but no Dan

Evans who has a shoulder injury. With everything we saw from

Wimbledon, and the fact that he plays well on clay, that would be

more of a bonus if he was fit? Yes, Dan plays great on clay and he had a

great run at Wimbledon. He is the obvious players you have played at

number two behind Kyle. So disappointing, but don't forget that

Dan played a lot of tennis in Asia before the French Open which led him

to miss the clay-court season so he hasn't played on any clay this year.

So maybe that has something to do with him not being in the right

frame of mind to play on clay after the grass, we don't know? But we

have to salute Leon Smith, what a record he has. He has the support of

all the team, they really back him. He has had to make a few tough calls

now and again. James Ward was one of the first guys that we saw up in

Glasgow and he had not been selected for the semifinal and Dan had come

in and James Dyke -- looked like he had seen a ghost. Now view selected

again, James, and he must play under his captain. That is the captain's

job, to make those decisions. When you have Andy Murray in the team and

motivated and wants to be part of the setup, you are in with a chance.

Without that, we are back to what we had in the past, trying to win the

doubles and trying to sneak the singles. It is not easy. Away from

home on clay, it was as rare as hen 's teeth to get a victory. It was

difficult to go to these places and win. With Andy in the team, you know

you will be two up. So big-time motivation required from Leon Smith,

he has got to get the players playing for him. He has done a

fantastic job. Some of it a great timing, some of it is great

leadership, and some of its having a great player like Andy Murray to

back you up. They showed great team spirit in the final last year in

Belgium. Andy wanted to be a part of it. This is the ceremony which they

did which was pretty special. Andy Murray!

CHEERING. And these were wonderful scenes,

where they? It's been a journey for the team. We came in over a few

years. It was everybody coming in as one big team, whether you are the

physio or whatever. Obviously you can't see any of that without the

importance of candy -- Andy Murray coming into the team. A huge asset

to any team. There is no doubt, you speak to any member of the team,

they say that thing. It is not just like one person saying it or that

the captain is towing the party line, I really think that it does

filter down to the old team. And James Ward, lifting the trophy, the

Winnie had against John Isner, that was key. And he was the only one who

apart from Andy Murray Jamie Murray too big of a point then. That was

crucial, in the first round. Without that victory, the Bryan brothers

beat our doubles players. The doubles are still crucial. Without

that victory from him, we wouldn't have won the day become. -- the

Davis Cup. Looking back again in the whole atmosphere, the whole vibe in

that area at that time was all about what had in Paris. So recently.

There was a lot of jeopardy there, there was a sense of jeopardy.

Everybody who was at the Arena had to make a decision based on facts

and advice, including obviously the players' families and the players.

There was a real sense of defiance being there. A lot of people decided

not to go, that was to be respected as well. When I see the pictures,

the intensity of emotion, not just the tennis, it was the whole thing

around Belgium and the attacks in Paris as well. Fabulous memories

that everybody came through and everybody celebrated. And there will

be a minute's silence to remember those who lost their lives in Nice

yesterday evening. We have been talking about James Ward -- we have

been talking about James Murray... Janey Murray? James Ward! Now we can

talk to James Ward. How did you feel about losing that

lasts set to David Goffin? Is that under you can take from there? Yes,

there's definitely something I can learn from that. You take that

experience and put it into play next time around. I will have in mind,

the noises, the experience, the feeling of playing for the team in

the Davis Cup. It is different so that experience will do me good. You

just move forward and now I have more experience and a lot more

tournament matches and I am at a higher level. So all those things

will really help me and put me in good stead. What difference will it

mean to you and the team if you have Andy Murray sitting at the side of

the court screaming and banging those advertising hoardings? I think

as much support as we can get will be great, but the fact that Andy is

such a big part of the team has put so much effort and pride into the

team, we really know how much it means to him. The fact that he is

not playing but still coming out to watch shows how much he loves it. So

when you get support, having him and is present around will be a good

thing, definitely. Kyle will be on court shortly because this was a few

moments ago. The British fans giving a huge ovation to Andy Murray who

took his place on the side of the court to be chief cheerleader. He is

looking very relaxed. He loves this competition, doesn't he? It was the

Serbians cheering that he was not playing, at least some of that! I

think it is interesting that one of the umpires here has come over and

shaken his hand and said welcome. So this is our sport at its finest

represented by Andy Murray at the moment. Great to have him there. But

once the ball start getting it, it would be him doing it. So this tie

will get very tough very quickly. And the the fans will play their

part. Those from Stirling University. They have helped the

team so much. They have, and they made me almost laugh going back to

the final. I couldn't believe how the ticket allocations have been

done and have the Belgians had allowed the British fans to be right

at the front. Whenever Belgian players looked up all they saw was

British players blue and red. -- British fans, blue and red. They are

afraid of getting a website in getting the tickets that they want.

They will be denied. But it has been such a wonderful journey for British

tennis. Here we see them walking on to court. I'm afraid my Serbian is

not good so I didn't hear how they announced them. But here is Leon,

Kyle, Dominic James and Jamie. But these matches are 50-50, they are

tough. Yes, we think back to the last big win for Britain, the

Russian match. Amazing windfall James Ward and Dan Evans. This is

now time for Kyle and James to step up without Andy in the team. But

Kyle has been on an amazing journey. He is developing well, improving at

a great rate. He is a great kid and goes about everything in the right

way. He is comfortable on the clay so I'm genuinely interested to see

how this first match goes. Looking at the Serbian team, who will play

the doubles? Obviously Zimonjic, but do you will play? It depends on the

game today. He is 32, getting on a bit. Presumably Tipsarevic and

Zimonjic, could you fancy against Inglot and his partner. Now we will

pause for the minute's silence to remember those who lost their lives

in the Nice attack yesterday. May they rest in peace. Everyone in

Belgrave bring all of those who lost their lives. France's third terror

attack in 18 months, during the Bastille Day celebrations. And now

the introduction of the players. We perhaps missed Kyle. Here is James

Ward. He will be second on court. And Kyle Edman, leading the British

team. What an amazing experience it has been, to make your debut in the

final and the very next time, you are British number one, way. And

that is the inadvertent advantage of what Andy Murray has been able to

do. For Carson -- Kyle, somebody of his age making their debut in the

Davis Cup final, think what that can do. And the Davis Cup is not a small

match. He is leading the team, it's big. Fantastic. And he will take

that on tour with him. That Serbian line-up is good news, that Viktor

Troicki is not being saluted. While we talk about Novak Djokovic and his

presence, Viktor Troicki, 32 in the world, big-time experience. There is

another one who we will have to get rid of, Dusan Lajovic. He is great

on clay. Most of his points have come from clay court tournament. And

Tipsarevic, who will be handing over the pennant, it looks as though...

He has got Gray Davis Cup experience. The crowd will respond

to him. That is another factor in this match. I think he has had 40

Davis Cup wins. He has the experience. And with Djokovic coming

in, they had that year when they won it. But still quite a few years ago.

To have had the tough times he has had, the year is out, we don't quite

know how he will play. But his record in Davis Cup is fantastic. It

stretches back to the year 2000. He played for Yugoslavia, then Serbia

and Montenegro, then Serbia. Davis Cup is odd, this is a comparative

new independent country and they play their sport with a kind of

nationalist pride that is a lesson to everybody. It is wonderful. I

don't think they lose perspective, I hope there's not too much catcalling

and whistling, some people get overexcited. But tennis has become a

huge deal in Serbia. With Anna Ivanovic, with Novak. This is the

tennis on the mat. And to win the Davis Cup for them, is huge. -- this

is tech -- this has put tennis on the map. It is a bearpit to go in

and try and win. This would be a sensational victory for Britain. I

always notice the betting, and they see it about 50-50. I see it 60-44

Serbia. Full survey. It depends a little bit on Yankee Tipsarevic, but

a big match. I have to let you go in a minute. Because you will be

commentating. I haven't had my tea! We will send it with the barn!

Tipsarevic has huge -- Edmund has need weapons, but how will they work

on this court? Take your time, when the time is right, go for it. It's

great that its remit has come back with everything that he has been

through, it would be easy to say goodbye, that he has had enough. I

think he will be inspired. He has got a young man at the other end and

he will be hoping that he will be no others. Watch out for Tipsarevic's

rack hand on clay it is fantastic. Well we will have to let you go,

Andrew. We have heard from Kyle, let's hear from Yankee Tipsarevic.

We are talking about the injuries, he had a benign tumour in his foot

which he had to have operated on. He tried to come back last year but

then he injured his knee. He is talking to Russell Fuller. In the

beginning, it wasn't that hard because you always have this idea

that there will be over in a month, is not that bad, we were blessed

with a beautiful daughter at that time so I was any a lot of time at

home. But at one point, it stopped being that fun because I couldn't

see the light at the end of the tunnel. If someday would have told

me six months or a year, but in a year you will start, I would be sad

but I would take it. But after a few months of treatment and nothing

changing, I was having a lot of psychological problems. Depression.

Basically the only guy on tour who could understand me was by Mateen

del Potro who had a similar situation like me. But I was busy

working on myself, reading a lot of self-help books. Going to the gym,

meeting -- trying to stay healthy. It has been up and down

psychologically but I have prevailed and here I am, playing all three

days in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup! So Is your We don't know

what Tipsarevic he will be today. I loved the end of that interview, the

way he is almost laughing. He has played a bit on the Graz and he is

saying here I am playing the west of five set matches in three days. I

will by a maze if he doesn't play the doubles and the younger one will

come in and play on the last day. What a terrible time he has had,

best part of two years out, having had a few injuries myself, that

point he was making about if you could give me an exact time, if I

have to sit out, I will take that, any day of the week over not knowing

when the end is going to come, and fair play to him for getting back on

the court. Maybe this is almost like a second tennis life for him. I

agree with Andrew, I think he will be inspired. The match is a big

occasion, the level of his play against somebody who has been

playing a lot of tennis this day, Kyle, the younger, he has his mark

to make. It is such a physical sport now, isn't it, he has to get himself

back in that shape. We are going to learn a lot about him, about how he

deals with the best of the five set match in the same way we will can

Kyle. Kyle I think will be there physically. She working on his

fitness all the time. There were a few question marks raised over Kyle

in the final, and I think that was down to tension, but obviously on

the clay, this is why... This is tense. It is, at least he had the

experience before. Tipsarevic had that great win at Queen, but I think

on a grass court, if you your fitness is not there, you can do

other things to maybe hide that, on the clay court against the physical

Kyle Edmund, we will see how he handles it. We talked about the

weapons that, the serve and the forehand, we talk ability, but he

has improved other aspects of the game in the past year. Yes, his

forehand, you are talking to a few of the coaches and players on tour,

they talk about Kyle Edmund's forehand as being one of the top

four. He has such a fast arm. He can hit winners from anywhere on the

court. What I have been impressed with is how he has improved his

backhand, sometimes he could be guilty of leaving the ball in the

middle of the court. It seems like he is very focussed on his game

style. He has been patient, he can go crosscourt with it all day. It is

about him setting out, how can he use his forehand as much as

possible. It is a massive job. If you are Leon Smith, you are saying

move this guy round, he is not match fit. We don't know how fit he is and

how much training he has been a able to do. Get the big forehand working

and make him run the miles. I know it is a cliche but this is a case of

playing the ball and not the man, because you look at the recent

history. Kyle has the tennis behind him, he is fit. Fit. Tipsarevic has

an amazing reputation and experience, but we don't know what

his level is. Lyon will be saying take care of your side the court.

There is no need to panic, even if you get off to a bad start, if

Tipsarevic comes out flying and playing with massive amounts of

flair, that is fine, Kyle can stay in, there is no need to panic, there

is lots of things Lyon can do. Andy will help this as well. It will

probably be a hostile crowd. They will into it. We have seen Andy as

one of the best at dealing with that. Perhaps that is another area

he might be able to get messages to the bench, to say maybe this is how

I would deal with it. Maybe try this. You mentioned it, when we were

in Belgium, it felt like a home tie. It is not easy this hostile

atmosphere, you don't experience it in other tournaments. Only this

competition, it is not easy to not be affected by it. Different people

handle it in different ways. Andy Murray, he would... He loves it. He

loves the fact that there is an energy there and he can use it.

Other player, you know, they would be OK if it was flat and they can

keep their head down and get op with it. Kyle, he looks like he plays

more within himself. Everything he say, I think he will be inspired by

supporting. We have such a great group of fans that are there. It is

not a massive group. It is enough to think we are a tight group, here to

take on the world, I think that will help. They pick the clay, they

picked Belgrade and Tipsarevic on the other hand is going to try and

get the crowd involved, try and intimidate his opponent. I would

think so, that is from Tipsarevic's point of view, it is using all his

experience, he must be thinking to himself, how am I going to hold up?

He doesn't no. He will be thinking I will try and play the best tennis

possible. At some point don't be surprised to so him soaking the

atmosphere up. He spent two-and-a-half years thinking would

he get the chance to do this again. It is amazing he is even on the

court. Time for us to sit back and enjoy this in the company of Andrew

who is with John Lloyd. Thank you very much indeed. Looking forward to

this. The captain of Serbia with an important job to do. Home tie.

Pressure on him to deliver in this quarterfinal of the Davis Cup.

That was the weapon he is going to have to fire, if he is going to get

through Janko Tipsarevic today. Mid court ball, forehand, pull the

trigger. Game Great Britain. First game.

Just about to say there, before this Kyle Edmund forehand, that the court

conditions look very very slow and heavy, then he just carved through

that. If you have that sort of pace, it doesn't really matter how slow

the court it. It does look heavy condition, obviously the rain, and

probably a lot of heaviness in the clay court, with the way they put it

out, they want it as slow as possible. He handled that game very

well from love 30, and the crowd, the, it feels a bit like a home tie

again. We are in Belgrade for this. Tipsarevic representing Serbia.

Best of five set tennis in the Davis Cup. The other quarterfinals Italy

versus Argentina. The Czech Republic are taking on France, indoors on a

hard court and hard outdoors for the United States versus Croatia. That

is Portland, Oregon. We will keep you up to speed with all of that.

Handed in, didn't it. Here comes Pascal Maria to have a loob look at

the line which Tipsarevic pointed out. It's out.

Game, Great Britain. This is the first meeting between these two

nations since 2006, prior to Serbia becoming an ind nation in 2007. It

was Serbia and Montenegro then, in Glasgow. Serbia won that meeting, in

the euro Africa zone group one, which is just underneath this world

group, of 16 nation, that we are seeing this tie coming from.

Remember Novak Djokovic, a young Djokovic, still two years away from

winning his first Grand Slam Championship at the Australian Open.

Defeating Greg Rusedski. I remember looking at young Novak

Djokovic and thinking this guy is a bit special. Not bad. And he

couldn't even volley then In those days that is when there was rumours

about the Djokovic family possibly coming to Britain, and we would have

had number two and -- one and two players in the world, if he had come

here and it has had gone through. I think we need an investigation as to

why that didn't go through! Exactly. Great Britain bidding for a sixth

consecutive Davis Cup tie today. Here comes the rain. It appears that

we are going to get some rain, indeed, John. It looks like a heavy

one as well. And this was predicted but they are

not hanging about. No, the other bit, it was drizzling, but this is

substantial rain, and it is just following the tennis circuit round,

isn't it. The Italian Open in Rome this year, in May, was awful.

Freezing cold. One or two of the clay court events, Monte Carlo had

unseasonably cold weather. A difficult first week at Wimbledon.

It is terrible. This is, well, again as we have been saying, at least it

is clay. If this was obviously grass, or in hard court, you know,

you would be in trouble, but as long as we can get rid of the heavy stuff

you can play on the clay, in, you know, reasonable rain, but, it is

not great, but this looks very heavy right now, you know, with the late

start as well, the way they have set this event up, the likelihood that

you know, the second match will be played under lights. It looks that

way already. It is quite spectacular this arena, in Belgrade. Great

sporting complex, calved out of the rock here. As you can see, as they

cover up the clay court, and sporting complex with so many

facilities here, including that swimming pool, towards the top of

your screen there, which will probably be overflowing in a few

minute, such is the deluge here in Belgrade, Serbia. It is outdoors and

on clay, which is absorbent to a point but not so much they don't get

the coffers on. We have to wait. It is a tough one for young Kyle

Edmund. Leading the British charge, ranked as the world number 67 as he

s Andy Murray choosing to absent himself from playing duties in this

quarterfinal of the Davis Cup, but nevertheless, making his way in an

admirable show of support for his team-mates, to Belgrade, to court

side, to support his team-mates, who they won the Davis Cup with last

year. So just a question of patience for

everybody now. We hope for some more tennis as soon

as possible. Plenty of hardy souls there, who will stick around and

wait to support their nation, the 2010 champions against last year's

Davis Cup champions, Great Britain. Three games played Sue, not a lot of

tennis action so far. But we are 2-1 up. Which are in the lead. I darnt

tell you I have been look on the website about the rain, and I am

afraid it is going to be with us for some time. On and off over the next

few hours, it is delayed in Italy as well, so they have, this is

frustrating isn't it, so youed isly think why didn't they pick an Indoor

Arena and we could have tennis, we have seen it through Wimbledon and

the French Open. You will learn a lot about these players. All the

players are well practised in rain delays. So disappointing. The good

thing seeing they are covering the courts so with the clay, as soon as

it stops raining and the covers are off, they will be back on, a decent

start from Kiel but not many you can tell from ten minutes play. That

tricky, when you are thinking about Tipsarevic, maybe that could be

another issue as far as that, getting yourself warm, cold, warm,

cold, that is not great. The main thing, is how much energy that takes

up, especially when you have a five set match to play. You could have a

four, five hour match but warming up, topping, when do you eat? By the

time you get on court you can be drained. Andy Murray is in there,

good experience, Kyle Edmund, they will be very relaxed and the good

thing about this, in a Davis Cup environment, you know when you

playing not a regular tour event by yourself, you are spending a lot of

time by yourself, unless you are a top player with a big entourage,

here a big team out here, so there will be plenty of stuff to do. When

you have been at the Davis Cup, on the home match, you have been down

court side with the team. What has come across is how close they are,

not just the people round on court, but the support staff as well. It

makes a big difference you see it with football teams and other team,

if you start from a position that is low down, which this Davis Cup team

did, when you get to, go through a journey of three, four, five years

it is more or less the same people, the back room staff has been tearily

on stand, so everybody knows very well. Everybody knows the routine,

their role, although there has been a few different player, the main

stay of the team has been they have come through this journey together.

It is like that, when you are down there court side, everybody is

focussed on that one player, playing the match and everyone doing what

they can to help that player. A was one thing that Leigh I don't know

did say and made clear when he took over as captain, his thing would be

he would create a massive team spirit. The strap line at the time

was our jurny back to the world group. At that time he couldn't have

known that Andy Murray was going to commit so heavily to the Davis Cup.

If he had I think it would have been journey to winning the Davis Cup.

What an amazing achievement. Leon Smith joins in, at the last Davis

Cup tie he said Matt Little who trains with Andy Murray was suddenly

setting Leon challenges to do the interval training that is, brutal

exercise and Leon went for it. He said he couldn't breathe for a

while. You have to. The thing about those types of thing, if you are

somebody who doesn't take up a challenge or saying I am not doing

that, he is the first person to awhy are you not doing that? You are

lazy, you are this. Matt Little, he is a great person to have round, so

motivating and he has been the one person in Andy Murray's team, over

all these years, he has been the one person who has been there through

thick and thin. That is what Andy puts a commitment to, he has looked

at what Djokovic has done, he said if I am going to match him I have to

do it physically and Matt has done it to new levels. A lot of the stuff

is build off a ?location, of there isn't -- a foundation, there is a

goal, a task, and we are working towards this, and I remember when

Andy first burst on to the scene, and Matt came on full-time with

Andy, when he was playing Grand Slam, when he was, I remember one

year he beat Roddick in the third round, right from the start he was

winnings at the Grand Slams but for the first four or five years they

were doing training blocks during the tournament, he had seen what was

happening and thinking to have my longevity in the game and be a

champion, I need to embark on this physical journey to get to a point

where my body is ready to endure the matches over a period of time. That

is the level of commitment that was there, but what an achieve. He has

got to a place where he is arguably the best AEK Athens heat on the

tour. -- athlete on the tour. He spends two hours on the court,

because the rest is getting his body from stretching, from pie late, from

the training that you are doing it is almost more off court training

you need now, which is so different from Moy day. I guess all the

research has been done on the sports science side in terms of recovering

and how to get your body on a level to perform, the money that is

available these days, and endorsements and the RBS of it. If

as a player you have identified this is a programme I need to maximise

potential, there is almost no him to how many people you can have round

how you want to structure every day, but you are right, from even before

Andy goes on to the court to warm up, and before his match, he has got

there an hour, hour-and-a-half of training he is warming up, doing

everything he feels he need to do, so by the time he is son the court

he is ready to play at his best. It is still raining, the court is

covered. No immediate prospect of play so we are going to drag Andy

and John down and talk all things tennis here until play gets under

way. We have been talking about Andy Murray, what a wonderful Sunday

winning his Wimbledon title. He was back in the grounds and spoke to

Russell. I feel a responsibility, I really all the guys on the team are

great, my brother is part of the team. Last year was, you know Ieuan

Wyn Jonesing the Davis Cup was one of the best moments of my career,

but the whole team, it was amazing, amazing time, and you know when they

have had that moment with all of the guys, because everyone played their

part as well, and we are a team, whether I am playing or not, always

try to support. Is What is the priority for you, for the rest of

this year? Is it Grand Slams your primary motivation? Well the

Olympics is important to me, obviously, I have been involved in

two Olympics, I loved the experience and winning a gold medal, you

realise how special it is, so, you know, I want to try and perform well

at the Olympics and the US Open comes a few weeks after that as

well. So I need to get a good decent amount of practise on the hard

court, because you know, last few tournaments I played on the hard I

struggled. Didn't play particularly well, need to get some work done

before then. It is becoming world number one is that a big motivating

factor, is it realistic. I would love to get to number one, a lot of

people are forgetting what Novak has done. If I want to get there I am

going to have to try to win more matches against him, but yes, I

would love to get to number one obviously. Talking so well there on

about an hour-and-a-half's sleep, he had been out celebrating. Flying

high after Wimbledon, he has a glass-and-a-half of champagne. He is

a well oiled machine, unlike me! There you go, he is feeling good

about life and talking about the Olympics and being number one, there

is an appetite for further success, perhaps when he won his first women

con, perhaps the first time round, not quite so hungry, knows how to

handle it better. He is ready to attack all the way for the next

three or four year, I would be amazed if he wasn't world number one

in the future. Know rack cannot maintain the standards. He is a long

way in front. He has won everything. But you can't keep on doing that,

other things happen in your life and you go up, there are ups and downs

and you have to assume he will have a down at some point. Perhaps it is

now and Andy can hit it. While he is winning all the slams Andy, his base

of computer points is not a poor one. I am reading he is working out

20 weeks for Lendl, he has to have Lendl in his corner. He is a

different player with him, there is huge respect there. I think so, it

was a wonderful moment when he picked him, that was the missing

part of the jigsaw, he just needed him in his corner. As it happened of

course, we sort of laugh about it, but in some ways he almost picked

Lendl to beat Djokovic and Djokovic lost before he played him, so that

is why I think he said about lucky Lendl, because he probably would

have won it without him to be honest but there is a different about him.

If he is going to attack the number one spot, agree with Andrew, I think

he will get that, I think he needs Lendl in there and only a few years

back we were wondering whether he was going to win a Grand Slam

because of the mental side of it. Now it is how many will he win? He

has at least three or four in it. I think he will become number one in

in the world at some stage. And this role of the super coach,

even Lendl identifies with Murray, because he losses first few Grand

Slams. He is a born when NES instilled that in Andy. I have to be

honest, Andy has had a lot of coaches and I haven't given that

much credit to his coaches because I think you such a gifted player, and

he is Reg Stodden, he knows what he wants and how to work his way

through matches. And of course he has his mum, who also knows the game

very well. But this even Lendl effect is a real thing. I don't know

what it is, whether it is Lendl's personality, his achievements within

the game, there is something about him where Andy has a different level

of respect for him than anybody else and when he is around, it's

basically just put him into this optimal state to perform at his

absolute best. It's not like it takes all the fire away, it doesn't

do that, it keeps the right amount. And there is a really small amount

of wasted energy on the court when Lendl is in the court. Is not the

same when anybody else's around. Whether that is something they speak

about, I don't know. I have a feeling it is just the respect, his

behaviour changes. Interesting, that is Lendl's machine-like quality.

Lendl in his generation was the man who turned it from almost an art

form or whatever it was, shotmaking, Lendl turned it into some sort of a

cyborg feeling. He didn't want to talk to anybody in the changing

room. If he did, it was for a silly joke which nobody found funny. He

was dominant, a physical force. Andy Love that thing about him, how he is

the decree, how he takes his trading says seriously. No stone left

unturned. Lendl was one of the first to do that on the mend's circuit. He

turned people over on the court. He loved hitting them as well. If you

had a short ball and you played Lendl, you would get it in the

neck... And all that stuff they still do in practice! It's a

personality thing, there is no question, Andy plays for Ivan. They

talk so much, I was reading somewhere. And it was telling you

all the problems and how he deals with Wimbledon and the pressure and

expectation that the media and expectations placed on him. And

Lendl said, don't read it, you are playing for yourself, and he is

taking away all the problems and it will supply and saying it is not a

problem. When it gets crucial in a match, embrace it, don't be worried

by it. It is telling all of Andy's negatives into a positive and

something to embrace. Absolutely, and that is what the super coaches

do. Lendl said it is not so much technical stuff, in fact he said,

I'm not very good at the technical stuff, it is the mindset. What are

you going to be thinking at crucial times? What do you need to bring

onto the court mentally the night before a crucial match, when they

talk about the plans? Yes, Murray has been there and done it, but not

as much as Lendl. These great champions do have little doubt at

all times in their careers. Doesn't matter how many titles you have one.

We look at them as if they are going to play in a local tournament, but

there are doubts. When you have a coach like Lendl in your corner who

tells you what you will feel, it gives you that comfort level, that

support system. The feeling that when this comes up, I know how to

deal with it. And somebody he can look at that knows what he's feeling

. The two tie-breaks with Milos Raonic. Andy just went up a level.

And the start of those tie-breaks, the difference in approach. The

focus of Andy Murray, you lasers down. You knew he would give nothing

away. And on the other side, Raonic, who had all this weaponry, fantastic

player, and he just links. A couple of errors at the start of the

tie-break and a big Apple is created. Mat macro he just blinked.

It was one break, two errors at the start of each tie-break. I think

Lendl gives Andy Murray mental permission to go for it. If you go

for it, make a mistake doing the right thing then -- is better than

getting lucky. Go for it, this is your time. He gives Andy permission

to do for it, -- to go for it. I've looked so miserable out there and

you can just... He got emotional at the end! He got emotional. I

remember 2013, in the changing rooms, you could not have taken that

smile off, it was a tin ear. That is achievement. That is why people play

sport. It is real reward. And it's lovely, Andy can play the tennis, we

know that, but when he points to his head and says, I am not going to

lose the match, mental strength. Right up there with Djokovic. That's

right. I couldn't quite believe it at first. Then I thought, I believe

you. And everybody including his opponents believed him. That is the

effect he has on Murray. He is going from strength to strength. I look

forward to seeing what he will achieve because Novak Djokovic, had

better watch out. Murray is coming after him and he is a different

Murray. And what about the next couple of months? That is the next

-- reason why he's not playing here, because of the Olympics. And that

meant so much to him. Yes, and this was it the start of his quest

towards Grand Slams. It started here. He had the Wimbledon final

against Roger Federer and he was a setup and then Federer dispatched

him. When the roof came over and it became an indoor match. But a

comeback on the same court and basically destroy Federer, it almost

felt that he had done it in a Grand Slam and it gave him extra belief.

How different does Wimbledon look there, as well! With all the

Wimbledon branding. -- Olympic branding. It big boost for him. And

when he bashed that a stand the middle, there was a difference in

the emotion. -- that ace down the middle. He was the same after being

interviewed after the Davis Cup match in glass go, the prodigal son

returning, this yearning for success. When you pounded that ace

down the middle against Federer, it was a floodgates then. He may not

win a another Grand Slam match after this, after our talking, but he has

this and that is exciting. Still raining! And still no tea! But let's

carry on the conversation, because as far as the Olympics is concerned,

and Roger Federer, he gave his all in the Olympics and he that is his

goal. He has won everything else. We hope not. We hope that will not be

the end. Because it's a bonus when we on court. You look at him over

the years and when he won easily, people would say he's was willing so

easily and it was boring. But I would say no, you see shots in every

match that nobody else would hit, would have the imagination or genius

to do so. He is a credit. I hope he wins the gold medal because it would

be right for him to win the whole lot. In some ways it would be a

fitting way to go out. I think he will play for a lot longer. He loved

the sport, you love the whole process and keep thinking he can

improve. It was a match that he says, he should have one, at

Wimbledon. He had all the chances in the fourth set. And you can see how

that hurt him afterwards. But I think something has changed a little

bit in the last eight or nine months. I think, last year, there

was no thought of them stopping. He was still playing great tennis. He

had had no big injuries. He had come back with his back troubling him a

little bit. He loved playing so much he was not thinking about it. This

time when he gave a wave after losing to Raonic, I think he is not

quite sure whether he will be here in a year to play. The thought is in

his mind. I think, physically, that will be in his mind. We are keeping

a watch on Belgrade. But in August, all eyes will be on Rio.

That sadly got as silly mood. Here are other sports to look forward to.

We have got about a minute here. Still raining, it's depressing,

isn't it? I just want to make a point about the Olympic Games. When

tennis went back in 1984, the golfers have let themselves down by

pulling out and I'm glad the tennis players are going. We talk about

Roger Federer and him picking up a singles gold and how wonderful it

would be. Ten supports the Olympic Games and golf has not, and it's

embarrassing. But you can understand that in some ways, the sports world

and Olympic presence, so it is the governing body that is pushing them.

Because all the eyes are on Rio de Janeiro. It's difficult when there

is a full professional tour going on adjacent to the Olympic and there

are so much money there. In the first year, it would have been great

to see all of the top players participating. Absolutely. I am

going to get the kettle on the just a moment! But these are the scenes

here in Belgrade. As you can see, the rain is still falling. The

covers are still on so sadly, no tennis. You can watch something else

rather than anything else. We will be back later on and we will rejoin