First Round: Canada v Great Britain - Day 2 Davis Cup

It's Great Britain against Canada in the opening round of this year's

Davis Cup and it is all even after the opening day which means, as we

have seen so often in the past, the dot balls becomes the pivotal match

of the tie and this one is a tough one to call. While the action has

been heating up inside the arena, outside in Ottawa it has been a

chilly -6, which means that Canadians can enjoy another of their

great passions, ice-skating down the famous canal which stretches for

almost five miles. The question is, will Great Britain's up speed

skating on thin ice after the doubles today? Yesterday there was a

patriotic atmosphere inside the stadium but mixed fortunes for the

British team. Great passion and enthusiasm for the Davis Cup. A

great start. Britain's number one. Outstanding. How good was that?! Dan

Evans has put Great Britain 2-0 up. A brilliant performance from Dan

Evans. That is it horrific start for Great Britain. The points go to

Great Britain. Good holes. -- good hold. Concerning for the Canadians.

Pospisil, stealing the opening set. It is all tied. Canada are two sets

up. That is fabulous. Devastating, as Dan Evans was in the opening

rally, they are locked at one apiece. Two comfortable victories,

one for Great Britain and one for Canada. Dan Evans was simply superb

but Kyle Edmund, incredibly disappointing. He said in his press

conference after that he was not good enough, pretty dismal by his

own standards. He was close to tears. Which means that we come down

to this crucial doubles match. Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot up against

the very experienced Daniel Nestor, 44 years of age, playing his 55th

Davis Cup match, and Vasek Pospisil. He has got confidence and momentum

in his favour after yesterday's victory. That is what we are looking

forward to today. And joining me in the studio, Jamie and John. I say

that this is a tough one to call but on paper it looks at. Very tough.

Pospisil and Nestor have played quite a bit of tennis together. They

took a bronze medal in the Rio Olympics. People know a lot about

Nestor, so much experience. Sometimes in a doubles match, if

they are outdoors or on clay, you can maybe take someone as a

favourite but this court and this match, it will be so quick it will

come down to a few points. Very hard to call. And Nestor, when you look

at his record, multiple Grand Slam champion, but at 44, is he still a

force? He is. Maybe not as much as he was a few years ago but he is a

fabulous doubles player. He has been there and done it in every

competition. This service, I'm sure, will help them. The physicality will

not come into it. He is backed up by a partner with a big serve. The only

thing I would say that we can almost guarantee is that there will be

tie-breakers. If there are not, I will be shocked. I agree with Jamie,

this is that this match to call from the beginning, and the way that we

have seen how fastest courses -- court is, it will come down to a

couple of points. A fast court and we have Dom The Bomb for Britain. He

has benefited from the run the British team has had for the last

couple of years. We have seen the damage that he can do outdoors, but

on this court, if he serves well, I think that is probably one way the

British team can put pressure on the Canadians, because if the Canadian

star to think, we do not have much chance of breaking Dom, they will

focus on Jamie's served and that could have an impact. And we saw

them blossom by winning that first match against Serbia. Dom had been

in close matches before, represent an Great Britain, but getting that

win is something really important. It was. In some ways you felt sorry

for Dom because he is one heck of a doubles player but in the British

team, there was a certain person called Andy Murray who was in his

way. And now Andy has taken arrest, he has got his wish. He is an

excellent doubles player. The poor umpire, he is having to look up a

long way at four very tall man. Jamie has tremendous experience on

the court and he will bring that to play. I think he will. Six wins in a

row, a slightly different feel, not playing with his brother, that

obviously brings a different dimension. And I guess the difficult

thing as well is that the only time he plays with Dom is in the Davis

Cup matches, so they know each other personally, but it is not likely

have a sustained on court partnership where they know exactly

where each other is going to go and what they will do at certain times.

At 44 years old, to still be able to do this, Daniel, that is an

achievement. Unbelievable. The last time they played in this arena was

1994 and he played in that match. It is funny because the captain was

saying, I don't know how many more times he can go one. If you don't

know, you are the one who picks! To have that sort of Rickard and

experience, it will be a big story out there in Ottawa. The crowd

reaction to Nestor is going to be more immense than it was yesterday.

You are absolutely right. He is a big star out there and the rippers

and his country every year. He is always available and is just a

tremendous player. Daniel Nestor has been successful with all of his

partners over the year. It shows you the class that he brings to the

table. We just saw Jamie Murray in the picture there, and yes, you look

at the servers on the court and he has the weakest in terms of power

but Jimmy is a precision server. On this court, I think his serve will

help. Again, I cannot see anything other than tie-breakers. And Jamie

will be all over the net. That is what impresses me, how fast he is

around the net. We will be looking out to see how many opportunities

Dom can give Jamie to get involved. It will be difficult, no matter how

good you return, it will be difficult to be consistent, and Dom

likes to be consistent and take a big swing on that return. So it

could be a duck for the first four Rose? I think that is what we saw in

Kyle's met yesterday, he was on the back foot so much. He prefers a

slower court, but he was not being given the time. This is probably

faster than anything these players have played on in years. It is the

fastest court I can remember in any Davis Cup tie in the last ten years.

I guess when you have Milos Raonic and shatter the love, Nestor and

Pospisil, why not? -- Milos Raonic and Shapovalov. Jamie Murray is

almost perfect for that because we have seen his forehand, so money

times, it he punches the return and is back and is also a short swing.

We will see two different returners. One of them is sort of a block,

getting the ball is back, and the other will go for the power shot if

he gets a return. It will be difficult. The one thing that

impressed me with Vasek Pospisil yesterday was his body language

compared to Kyle Edmund. We wanted Kyle to engage with the match, but

Pospisil, after he got over the injury, was jumping up and down,

fist pumping, and I think if he does that today, he could lift his team

even more. It was his action and energy yesterday that was really

dominating the match. At the start, you could see the tension was there,

and as he relaxed, and he saw he was ahead at suddenly all that energy

that was tension was no seriously positive energy that helped in the

match. We have seen the combination between him and Nestor today because

Nestor, you will not see much of him, but at certain times you will

see Pospisil get fired up. That works really well because sometimes

it both players are doing that, you can be burning too much energy. And

there is the captain. You know him? Yes. Not well. He has been the Davis

Cup captain for a number of years now. He has always had a lot of

experience, about 16 years. The longest captain in history. He has a

good team. Without Milos Raonic, if they had all their players in, they

could be a formidable team in the next few years. This is so pivotal,

and as we have seen so often in the past, the doubles match becomes so

important because it gives momentum going into the final day. Knowing

Kyle Edmund, and how he would pick himself up going into a fifth match,

it could be tricky for him and for Lyon. Obviously for the British team

yesterday, after how well downplayed, you would say that they

really have a good chance of beating them up. But now, let's say things

go well and Britain are 2-1 up, Dan Evans against Pospisil, there is a

chance. But Kyle Edmund is, he is in a position where he might have

played one of the matches he needs to remember. There was also, when

Evans was playing Shapovalov, he was the favourite and it is tough when

you're playing somebody who has not been to lose. Kyle Edmund will have

that on his back because everyone will expecting to put in a

performance. He does not like the court, we know that. For the British

team, that is a worst-case scenario, for it to go down to the fifth

rubber. That is why the British fans out there will be in full voice.

They know how important it is and it is important for Jamie to really

talk to Dom, because there will be some tight situations, tense

situations. Absolutely, and Jamie Murray is so experienced now. He was

number one in the world, he won Grand Slams. Him and Andy are a

great partnership. As Jamie said, we do not see them very often other

than at the Grand Slams, the Davis Cup matches. But they have good

chemistry about them, and they are blessed in the doubles department,

Great Britain, whether Andy plays or not there are a lot of players who

can comment and follow these if others get injured. We have been

lucky with the doubles. And as far as Jamie is concerned, he was world

number one last year, so much success with Bruno Soares as well.

He is coming off a great 2016. It could not have been any better. A

golden time. I remember speaking to him in Glasgow before the semifinal

against Argentina and thinking, the year before against Australia, we

were saying, you have had such an amazing run, and I could hardly

believe that a year on, he would have taken it to a whole new level,

reaching world number one. An incredible achievement. For Jamie,

this is a great manage at the right time, because he got to the final in

Sydney and he had a tough loss. He would not have been expecting to

lose that. He lost in the first round in the Australian Open. This

is the right time. Those things happen, but Jamie and Andy have

given so much, in some ways I think that in this match Jamie, he really

treasures being on court. He does. And when he plays with Andy and his

Davis Cup matches, he likes to play the leader. It is his doubles court

and Andy accept that. The older brother is was the boss. OK. -- the

older brother is always the boss. John Lloyd is on his way up. Let's

join Chris for this crucial doubles. COMMENTATOR: Crucial indeed. Always

pivotal, the doubles rubber. Daniel Joseph of France in the chair. He

has a bit of history were Daniel Nestor. At the Olympic Games in Rio.

Pospisil to begin. A love start for Canada. It will be

interesting, John, with the speed of the court, how many returns are made

when opportunities come, and who takes advantage. It is going to be

under the wire. It is difficult to see too many breaks of serve. You

just cannot see it on this court. It is so quick, it is lightning. One

throws in a double fault, a chip return, and suddenly it gets tight.

These are all experienced players on these early night this court. --

these are all experienced doubles players on this court, no rookies

around. A confident start on the second

server. Interesting that they are using the

I formation. Before they have even seen the returns. They have easily

done home work and have realised they have the best chance of coming

off the return of serve. Pospisil, in the I formation. The Wimbledon

champion three years ago, the American Jack Sock. Don Inglot, the

only man on the court without a Grand Slam title to his name. -- Dom

Inglot. Jamie has three, like his brother.

Love hold-up is. -- love hold a piece. Don Inglot and Nestor know

each other pretty well. They have played each other up teen times,

these permutations. Jamie Murray has only lost three times, once with Dom

Inglot. We don't see that many winners of

the forehand from Jamie Murray's return. He took that one nice and

early. A very flat forehand with a lot of pace. A good start.

That's a pity. I was thinking before when Jamie Murray went to return,

they both use the backhand lob. He pulled it so far, and Don Inglot

does it. I was not expecting that. It was very successful.

What you think of the socks, Jamie? It's a good look. If it gets you out

of there in 44, I would do whatever it takes.

He has won 91 titles, from 150 finals. That is a lot of tennis. A

lot of different partners. Three comfortable holds. You do not

want to be the weak link. You don't want to feel like the opponents are

going to break your server. Important to start well. Especially

on this court, because you can see straightaway in the first few

minutes that this is going to be... The singles, it is smash and grab

tennis, never mind the doubles. You can multiply that by ten. It will be

so important when the match goes on, you will have to be so patient in

your mind, so committed to the plan, committed to your shots, believing

that at some point you are the breakthrough. There will be times

where actually the combination of good play from the opponent and the

surface cancels you out. I agree. There will be games where you go

from side to side without doing anything on the return. Mentally,

you have to make sure you keep the focus up. Take care of business on

your side of the court. If you get fortunate, and try to break, great,

but mentally you have to really take care on your own service game and

not worry that you are making too many returns because quite frankly,

there will not be too many returns of serve, period, in this match.

Inglot to serve, the most inexperienced on the court. Just his

fourth robber in the Davis Cup. He is the tallest on court, at six

foot five. The shortest is six foot three.

Nestor and Murray. Pospisil in the middle at six foot four.

133mph, that is why he is called the bomber. A lot of room around the

baseline. He will have to be careful here. A good recovery after the

double fault. The commitment is so important. Any

slight mis-hit is going to get gobbled up by the net players.

A comfortable hold for the Canadians. John, will they look to

get after Dom Inglot as he is the most inexperienced on the court? It

seems like he has been part of the team for so long, but we have seen

him sidelined, supporting mostly. Well, I think there will be so few

of these opportunities, but if they were both on the baseline in a row

lake, and they have the opportunity to go for one player or the other at

net, they would go and Dom Inglot. Jamie Murray is one of the best

volleyer is in the world. I don't think that Dom is a bad volleyer,

but he is slightly weaker. When the court is this fast, it is very

difficult to go after that aspect of a player. You might say that

Nestor's forehand volley is worse than his backhand. It is very

difficult to go for a stroke like that. It is difficult when the

course speed is like this, to go after any weakness other than the

return of serve. So just the double fault, the only point conceded by

the Brits on serve so far. An excellent return. I was about to

say, when you're playing in a match like this, at this speed, when any

player misses a first serve, and a second serve comes at you, it is

almost like, OK, I need to make this return somehow, because you are not

going to make much on the first service.

Great hands from Jamie Murray, twice in a row key probably thought

Dominic Inglot would take that out of the air. -- he probably thought.

No Hawk-Eye for this match. Needs to be recalibrated. Not fixed yet.

That serve, John, backs up what you said at the start, Jamie Murray, Les

pace on his serve but see the way the court took that out just a

fraction. -- less pace on his serve. You seldom see lobes and the return

of serve these days, you mentioned how good Jamie's lob is. Should they

play more that way? Players stand so close to the net that it must be an

aggressive lob, if it is floating they are such good athletes that you

have no chance. Excellent. There's that short backswing I was talking

about, and the return of serve, just blocking it. When you have pace

coming at you like that it is a perfect return of serve.

That might be the longest rally we will see in the entire match!

Three volley errors in a row from Pospisil. First break point.

Complete miss sitting on the last one. He got lucky, was nervous on

the first two overheads, didn't really snap them away and the last

one, called it late. You were asking if the Canadians would target

Inglot. In this game the British players are targeting Pospisil, no

question! Big roar, first mini battle to

Canada. Great atmosphere, home advantage.

He looks so calm, Daniel Nestor, 44 years old, all the experience, he

has been there, got all the T-shirts, great to have on your

team. The other thing we didn't mention at the start, in the British

camp, won the player was heavily involved in Nestor's development.

I'm going back 25 years but he obviously played a part in the

development and success of Nestor. It might be close to seven, eight,

nine years that he has been in the British game, think of how many

times double player has beaten Daniel Nestor in one of the big

tournaments, perhaps he will say to him, can you stop telling him what

you told me first, come on! And most of them have actually played some

tournaments of Daniel Nestor as well on the way. The most recent, as you

mentioned. It is a higher ball toss, isn't it?

He doesn't hold back on his second serve, Dominic Inglot, goes for it.

It's a good long second serve after a double fault. Such good use of

pace from Jamie Murray. He almost just put his racket out and that

volley went flying by, for a winner. That second serve, many would take

that as their first. Just goes for it, picks a target, has the

confidence, no matter what the score. Interesting in this type that

Pospisil has the responsibility of trying to win three rubbers, as Andy

Murray has done so magnificently in the last three years. A day off for

Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund. They both played quick matches yesterday. You

are right, it is tough enough doing that anyway but when you lack match

play, as Pospisil has, to come in here with that responsibility, to

play three matches, and having to win all three for Canada to go

through, it is a big ask for him, that is Khan grow. -- that is for

sure row. Number one in the world for the

first time in 15 years ago. Roger Federer is aiming for that!

Second love service game for Pospisil. Getting to the business

end now. Maybe the scoreboard will be a key factor in this match

because there is very little between them right now. From the British

point of view so far very encouraging signs in the return

games, when they have their racket on the ball they are making a lot of

especially Inglot. We talked about and upstart, he seems to have locked

in pretty early -- we talked about it at the start. This is such a

mental match, so important not to be disheartened by that and stick

around and be as fresh mentally because you never know when that

chance comes, it might be a double fault. Pospisil almost missed smash

a couple of games ago, you have to be razor-sharp, there is no time to

be with anything. -- there is no time to be disappointed with

anything. So, just 29 minutes, Jamie Murray

serving to keep Great Britain in this opening set, 4-5.

Only dropped one point on serve, Murray. Superb game. Lost his first

couple of Grand Slam finals, says, he knows how his brother fields, and

it lost his first four. -- he knows how his brother feels, Andy lost his

first four. What is serve! Kim Jong-un what a

serve. -- what a serve. So confident of going for the ace, getting a

cheap point but that bodies serve is sometimes so effective. And the

experience of Nestor, he is serving at a pace where it looks as if he

will never miss a first serve and on this court he does not need to push

it up to the boundary. Three love service game is in a row,

there's so much talk about the top men's single player is not playing

doubles, we have talked about the pivotal role in the Davis Cup but

thereon not that many pairs any more because the Brian Brogan 's have

given up playing Davis Cup, you are almost putting together a scratch

pair at times -- the Bryan brothers have given up playing Davis Cup. It

is fun when you see the top singles players playing doubles, even in the

Masters events, watching them putting their singles game on the

doubles court, they can all volley but it is just different and some

adopt better than others. I have no doubt that if they played regularly

they would all be forces and some like Andy Murray would be in the top

four or five in the world, no question, if you play regularly. It

gives you responsibility as well playing doubles, if you miss one

shot your partner says don't worry, come on, move on, move on, it

actually helps your singles frame of mind. Inglot's turn to try to stay

in this opening set for Great Britain.

What made you think they would be tie-breaks in this? Surprise,

surprise, we are heading for one. Just the one break point in the set

so far on the Nestor serve. Oh! He seemed to have read that

serve so early, Nestor. Like he had a lot of time on that second serve.

He also got the signal from Pospisil to say he was going to cross and

that made him a bit more positive on the return, it certainly worked.

So good! Martin Laurendeau, the Canadian captain, flew out of his

seat! They have a set point. I still don't think he's going to

take anything off his second serve, even after that.

I think that was a smart adjustment, with a little bit of spin.

Well held, really well held. He was tested severely on that point,

Inglot. He certainly was, they were targeting him, Daniel Nestor was.

The captain now for 13 years. Semifinalists in 2013, Canada, for

the second time in their history. The first was in 1913. It was a long

wait. First crack against the head. What a

brilliant point from Inglot, not a bad serve and he did so well to get

out of the way of that second ball and drill it straight back at

Pospisil. Wasn't his best lob but it was good

enough. That was a tight overhit. Not confident at all on that shot.

Huge advantage now. Leon Smith not saying a word. What

can you say? Not much. Just focus. 5-1 up and a break and you scared to

breathe, almost. Keep it it is! Five set points for Great Britain,

having saved one. Hawk-Eye might have been used on that serve.

Seven points in a row. Comfortable break and Great Britain one said up.

Canada was a lot to do. STUDIO: What an incredible turnaround, they were

facing one set point and then they came back and won the tie-break

comfortably so it's advantage Great Britain in this match and we'll be

right back with it. Let's show you what is happening elsewhere. With

the opening few days of the first round of the Davis Cup, so many

matches, the top 16 nations all competing. Italy are leading

Argentina, they are involved in the fifth and final set and it is 5-5 in

that doubles match as Argentina tried to get back in the match as

defending champions. Germany trailing 1-2, Belgium winning the

doubles match, a lot of five set matches today, Australia completed

their victory, the doubles match they won against the Czech Republic

and John is in completed a win in the singles yesterday, and France

have won the doubles. Herbert and Nicolas Mahut winning in straight

sets so France will face the winner of the tie we are watching between

Great Britain and Canada. Serbia also through. We talk about Daniel

Nestor being 44, one of the Serbian players is even older, they have

Djokovic in the singles as well. Croatia against Spain, 1-1 and

that's in the fifth and final set. Lopez and Lopez one break of serve

down in their match. That's what is happening elsewhere around the world

in this opening round of the Davis Cup. Those are the stats for this

opening set but I will tell you it all went down to the tie-break.

Murray and Inglot got ahead and they have taken the opening set. As John

Lloyd says we could see a few more tie-breaks so is going to be a

Swatch! COMMENTATOR: Mentioning nomads and Dick, he and Nestor took

three Grand Slam titles together, just take our chances when you can

Zimonjic. The weaker of the two Canadians at the net, made some

crucial errors, Inglot missed a couple of volley but but came back

with a great shot to get Great Britain ahead in that tie-break and

had some great shots against Pospisil. It's just keeping the

concentration and taking the chances coming your way.

Poor margins are so fine. The first set was about for two points, two

break points, one for each team, and in the tie-break, the double break,

not just one of them. 4-1, serving for Great Britain, that was the set.

But it was so close. It really is. Nail-biting two play on -- to play

in. And just a huge advantage, whoever wins this goes to- one up

into tomorrow. Pospisil, having to play singles tomorrow. It is

mammoth. Imagine the lift he would get from winning this doubles match,

the left after that great win in the singles yesterday, another great win

in the doubles. It would be the best result of all for Evans, but he

would have no energy for it. Maria is serving first again for the

British team. -- Murray. He is only lost four points on serve

for Great Britain, four. In three of those in the last game of the set. A

great serve again. So much movement, just moving away from the opponent's

racket. He just missed the spot on both of

those servers. It can show you what can happen when you are in that

position. Fair play to the Canadians, making both returns.

Break point. Wonderful, a wonderful lob. A bit of

confusion between Inglot and Murray at the net. Canada bounce back. They

certainly did, after a very poor tie-breaker. That focus, right back.

It would do them the world of good, confidence wise.

An excellent second serve. Just takes off on this court. It is so

fast out there. Just as well he is six foot five.

Don't be brave, just turn around. That looked like a bit of a message

from Nestor. He didn't need to hit that quite so hard, I don't think.

You normally see so much about in doubles, the quick exchanges at the

net but because of the speed of the court, it few and far between.

That it's huge. -- that is huge. Serving from a different end, too.

He loves that second serve out wide. He is in control of the point, with

an ace and two double faults in a row. It has got to go in here,

surely. Try getting a rhythm against that.

He will have to go and warm up again. There is a change of ends

coming up out of this as well! On the scoreboard. Breaks of serve

are gold dust. One little lapse of concentration, and it comes down

from some might. That is being shown again, he hits it so well. Three

consecutive aces out there already. Such a simple action as well, it is

just pure strength find it but also the timing. He can throw a ball a

country mile. It is just such a shame that they lost that break

right at the start of the second set. It was just the wrong time,

momentum wise. Still as fit as a fiddle at 44, Nestor. Amazing. His

wife was in the crowd and I was thinking, she has been living out of

a suitcase for about 25 years. Are you ever going to get a home? Are

you ever are not going to travel 35 weeks of the year? Not a bad

lifestyle, in some ways. He should have made that one. A

third serve from Jamie Murray. Just three break in the match. --

just three break points in the match. The modern-day

communication... He could have got his revenge there,

Dominic Inglot. Nestor turned around their very quickly.

That is so clever. I wonder whether Inglot left this. I think he did. It

looked like it was going to go out. Murray, broken at the start of this

set but all of his other service games, he has only dropped two

points. It is literally just the same

pattern, pretty much, to the end of this match. Very few chances. There

is a certain amount of drama because obviously this match, whoever wins

it could win the tie. So there is a lot of pressure and the crowd can

sense it. In terms of enjoyment of the match, there is not much to see

at the moment. Clearly, there will be a couple of points where there

will be reflex volleys and you will marvel at how quick they are but

this core service does not really help a good men's doubles matches.

You have to wait, and there will be a couple of points where you think,

that is incredible, but the rest is just serving. One of the things that

adds to that, nowadays the doubles, in the last five, six, seven years,

has become much more professional. People are specialising only in

doubles, so actually they are so good and automatic in the patterns,

so on a course like this, that is so quick, they are always in the right

place to shot the court down. That is why we are seeing very, very few

rallies. Similar points. 19 is a much better call in doubles.

No doubt. -- mine is a much better call.

He is only dropped three points on serve, Pospisil. Three breaks on the

Nestor serve, but the younger Canadian looks rock-solid.

You can almost camp out there on that side on the second serve.

The second double in the game. It is these sorts of happenings that turn

it. I wonder whether it is the case that, given the break down, the

concentration is not quite as sharp as it was in the first set. That

maybe is the reason why he's going for a little bit more on the second

serve any wars. -- van he was. That is just not playable, unless you

guess. You cannot react to that. There is no time.

I mention the fact that Nestor was the one they had a break point

against. Since then, he has dropped one point on serve and that was a

double fault. Everywhere you look, unless they serve double faults or

make howling volley errors, it is tough to see a way back in. How do

you go about getting a break? It is tough. You literally have to hang in

there. Every time you get a second serve, try something. The first

service almost unplayable but you have to keep this belief, this

quickfire tennis. One points changes are set and you have to make sure

you are sharp for if and when you get that opportunity. At the moment

you can see, they are chatting about how to get into these points,

because it is difficult. The Canadians are serving at the moment

and they have got into this rhythm. How do you get back? One of the

difficulties, the Canadians have tried it with Pops Ozil at the

baseline, but it is very difficult to win the point at the back of the

court on the surface. -- have tried it with Pops is ill.

That is a head start. That was about the shortest second server I have

seen today. I don't know what he was doing there. He was so early with

that call. Inglot will be hoping for a second serve to have a go at.

Wow. That might have been the best shot we have seen in this match. A

beautiful 1-2 combination. A great serve from Nestor. Tight on the

body. A tough option to take there, to go for that angle. A beautiful

shot. And out of nowhere, three break

points. Hard to believe. I don't know what they were talking about

during the changeover but it worked! Please tell us after the match! That

was the loudest shout of "out" from Jamie Murray, Inglot nearly jumped

out of his skin! No Hawk-Eye. Kyle Edmund was the

first hour of his chair. Leon Smith there as well. There is something

wrong with Hawk-Eye, it had to be recalibrated, something to do with

the change in the Court service, not sure but boy, do they needed there.

What a huge moment. -- do they need it there.

Still break point. Oh! He has got it! Not sure he scented that return

exactly where he wanted but he will take it! That was not in what you

might call the sweet spot of a racket. What an inspired game.

Unbelievable game. Boy, do you miss Hawk-Eye when it is not there. It

would have been nice to see a replay just so we could check that one out.

It doesn't matter, deserved break. Did he touch the net with his

racket? He must have done, because it sounded like the ball went into

the net, it was all a bit of a blur. Great serve a gain from Jamie

Murray. These next ten minutes will be huge now, given that they have

broken back. Superb. That is just a fabulous shot from Nestor. Plenty of

time, just made up his mind when he was going to go, rolled his wrist.

-- where he was going to go. Started to get more of a look in on

the return, these four man, after one hour and 20 minutes finding some

sort of groove. -- these four men. Best return of the match? Yeah. On

the deuce side Pospisil knows that Murray will be coming into his

backhand every single time but Jamie Murray is happy to keep going there.

Disappointed with the direction of the serve, Jamie Murray.

Three games in a row for Great Britain. Terrific turnaround. You

could not really see that happening, it looked like that set was over,

the way the Canadians have been dominating on the serve, and to

string together those three points in a row the way they did was so

impressive, you might get that your partner hits one good shot and the

second one, sometimes it is tough to come up with a good shot as well

especially with the speed of this Court but they combined so well in

that game, it was brilliant. Got to keep warm somehow, haven't

you! The Stirling barmy Army, when it was

held there, with the lower echelons coming through... Pospisil serving

to stay in the second set. Hasn't been taken to 30 yet,

Pospisil. So I think by default they will be attacking Nestor's serve.

There's the chairman of the All-England Club.

Tie-break minimum for Great Britain, second set. Broke Nestor last time

but it is not like Nestor did much wrong, it was just an inspired game

from Great Britain. So why not a game, but strange set, this one. Two

breaks have occurred. And is one of those situations where

you would be delighted not to win a point anywhere and serve that you

want all your good points to come at once, so you are not relying on a

lapse of concentration like a double fault or missed volley. It seems

like they are getting a better strike on the return. The match is

racing bike, we saw two quick matches yesterday for obvious

reasons, they are quick between the points,, these guys. A trend we

would like to see, fast between points. When you watch an adult, you

can understand it. It's great to have him back though. Budget when

you watch Rafael Nadal, though. It would be great if he was a bit

quicker between points. The umpire would like him to do it, that's for

sure. That one looked imminent, that one.

Murray was convinced, he was celebrating the return .- that one

looked in. Sometimes, you feel, as a player, Dom Inglot looked

straightaway as if he had nailed that one.

Of course on the regular doubles circuit, shall we say in college

tennis they play the lead on the serve and they are trying to do that

and there's been talk of doing that in the men's doubles but they

haven't done it first. They do that in the US Junior tournament. It

might be fun to add that to the game. Might take a generation

though. He would stop automatically, wouldn't you. -- you would stop

automatically, wouldn't you. It is in. He will be feeling it now,

Nestor, broken last time. A wonderful turn. He's had a few had

connections in this game, Inglot. Among the best of them. Where might

we be if that one earlier in the game had not been called out?

A slight opening there. That was very brave from Pospisil. Maybe if

Murray had got that back you might have gone back to Nestor. There was

a slightly bigger gap. Nestor was behind the service line at that

point. Tie-break against. - tie-break again. Great Britain raced

away with the first, getting those two early strikes against Nestor, we

have spoken about the inspiration in this match, we've had breaks that we

didn't expect, someone in this court needs magic just to get ahead.

So close to the net, Dom Inglot. He shouldn't have missed that, he was a

bit late with the swing on the forehand although he did not need to

swing that much, just literally had to put his racket in front. It's a

bad start. There's a long way to go yet, though.

An excellent move from Nestor. Inglot just took his eye off the

ball as he was about to hit it and just dragged that one into the net.

It's a good lead, the next two points are crucial for Great

Britain. After every point in this tournament you have heard a loud

shout of command, from Pospisil. He knows how important this is. - a

shout of come on. Super from all four men. One of the

best points we have seen, really good from Inglot at the end. Got

within touching distance. A wonderful return as well, he's

taken quite a bit off the serve, Nestor. He is feeling it.

Serves don't get much better than that. That was a big serve. He has

been here and done it so many times, Nestor. What is serve.

Four set points for Canada, to level the match.

Two in a row here, to secure the set.

One hour and 39 minutes, this time it is Canada with an emphatic

tie-break. It is one set all. STUDIO: An amazing atmosphere in

Ottawa. We knew that this would be a tough match, nothing between the two

teams, now locked in battle, one set all. Let's show you what's been

happening elsewhere. Some tense matches in this opening round of the

world group. Argentina are right back in it, they have won the

doubles match in the fifth set, both teams had a match point, Argentina

were the winners, 9-7 in the theft. The defending champions are back in

it. At the bottom Croatia have come through, and inexperienced team,

they are ranked 114 and 65 in doubles in the world. They have

beaten Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez who have so much experience so

Croatia are leading that 2-1. This type goes on, regardless of the

result today, it will be the deciding two singles matches

tomorrow. You will be able to see them on the Red Button from 5pm

tomorrow. The highlights at 11:15pm. Other sport to look forward to,

England against Australia at netball tomorrow from 1pm. Athletics,

2:45pm. Usain Bolt will be the captain of an all-star team in a

revolutionary competition in Melbourne, and the women's six

Nations, the highlights, tonight at 10:45pm on BBC Two.

That is what we can look forward to on BBC television. Plenty to look

forward to in this match, it is one set all. This could be the pivotal

match of this tie. COMMENTATOR: Pospisil, to serve first.

A bit casual there, Nestor. Should have put that ball away. A wonderful

service motion from Pospisil. Those big servers, such a relaxed motion,

you feel they could serve like this for ten or 12 hours straight and not

get tired. There is no strain on it. A very simple motion.

And a comfortable hold on serve from Pospisil. What is the quickest court

you guys have both played on, indoors, supreme somewhere? We

played on fast boards onward at Crystal Palace in a few years back.

Only a few years back. That was greased lightning. This is as fast

as I have seen for many years in any Davis Cup match.

Great second serve. I think it is one of the features of the Davis

Cup, interesting, the home-court advantage, putting on any service

you want. I think it is great that we rather than just uniform. -- that

way. Inglot is serving first at the start of the set for the first time

in the match, for Great Britain. Maybe just happier at irrelevant

ands. That is an interesting decision at the start of the second

set, both teams started with the same server starting the set which

meant that both of them switched ends. I did not think anyone was

more dominant on serve in the first set, of course Jamie Murray ended up

getting broken in that first game, that might have nothing to do with

it, it was just interesting as to why that decision was made.

Yeah, no slip up on the first service game for Great Britain in

this set. He was quite a cheerleader after that game, Leon Smith.

A a a a a a a again but the ball did not quite have. -- it was a great

return again but the ball did not quite have the height and it drifted

long as a result. Pospisil has given us no reason to

talk about his knee at all. A little bit of nerves, really. He has done

so well after all the problems he had in the first set. They want to

try to win these next couple of sets, though, and not go into a long

five setter. Not a very strenuous match physically but it is mental

energy that dribbles out in a match like this. If they go to a fifth

set, to come back tomorrow to play that vital fourth rubber, it would

be tough. A motion to his partner. He should

have put the lob up. Yes, you should have done.

Nestor holds and he will be pleased with that. Inglot has had chances on

the return. I know he has made some wonderful ones. Even though they

lost that game, the British team, they have to be feeling that the

Nestor serve, they are getting these opportunities now. The serve looks

like it was shorter at times. With Pospisil up at the net, who does not

volley as well as Nestor, that is the site where if they are going to

break, that is the better chance that they have. As you say, Dom

Inglot has had a couple of second serves where he has made the right

blades but there has been a gap when he's had the ground stroke and he is

not quite connected. It feels like there is opportunity is there. At

15-0, for example. It seems slightly harsh to say it but the half chances

like that in a match like this, the team who takes those are the ones

that are going to win. We were 15-0 down, and it seems like they were

returning not that big a point, but Nestor then double-faulted and

suddenly it was 15-30 and it spirals. You never know what point

is going to make a difference. Worth remembering that there have

only been two breaks of serve in the entire match. There have only been

six break points. Not much on that server. It set up,

inviting the Biggs wing -- inviting the big swing.

The body serve has been so effective. It seems like if you hit

the spot, you either get in this return or your partner is ready to

knock away the volley. There is a chance that we might not get any

more breaks in the match but I think as we get deeper into the third and

fourth set, potentially a first, that engine element comes in. I

would not be surprised if you see more chances. -- potentially a

fifth. Pospisil is giving very few. He has missed that. A fifth point he

has lost on serve and this is his eighth service game.

Is he talking about hindrance, is that the call from the Brits?

Potentially. He should still have made it. An open court volley.

This is a real rarity. Pospisil, 1534 first time of the match on his

serve. Dom Inglot, looking to get a second serve, and just take a swing

at it. Somehow the return had to go in,

somehow. He is feeling it all of a sudden,

Pospisil, having held so easily. The double-faulted gets a break point.

We might see Nestor Cross at this point, to take a bit of pressure off

his partner, who is definitely a bit wobbly here.

I don't believe that. Why did Jamie let it bounce? Dom Inglot had such a

chance. Literally, that was almost set point, the way they had been

serving. UMPIRE: Ladies and gentlemen, please

remain quiet during the point, thank you. It is a bad memory now.

They got out of jail in that game, Canada, no doubt.

That could haunt Britain, that point. What an opportunity. It is

unlikely that Pospisil will play as bad a service game as Ita Vaea. He

still managed to hold on. He certainly should have broken on that

point. Lovely to see that point again, just to see if Jamie

Murray... Is this the point? It is. Initially I thought he let that

bounce because he was so close to the net and he was wondering, is he

going to hit the net? But looking at it, he was not that close. I'm not

sure why you let that bounce. A collective sigh of relief around the

stadium. The thing about the scoring system and tennis that makes it so

unique and amazing, when you create an opportunity, you play some good

tennis and greater chance, if you do not convert that chance, immediately

you hand a massive left to your opponents. -- create a chance. That

is what happened in the first set. They saved a set point at 5-6 and

the Brits went in and tailed up onto the tie-break. That was probably the

deciding factor. Trying to be clever with the

angle... The atmosphere has just got down a

little. It is like everyone is having a breather, maybe expecting

another tie-break. That was actually one of Nestor's

better games, a bit more punch on the ball. His service game is

getting a little bit short. He is holding the top of his right leg.

There was a lot of tension out there, so much at stake. He is 44

years young, -ish. Trying to get that into perspective, I stopped

playing when I was 26 and I am now 30. And another 14 years onto that,

to still be playing, that is quite hard to get into my head, to be

honest! It really is remarkable. 91 titles, as he said, and he has won

with 11 different partners. The first player to win every Grand

Slam, Masters Series event, tour finals and a gold medal at least

once. It is a remarkable career. Incredible. And why would you stop

playing when you can still play as well as he is? Exactly. Making a

very good living from the game, he has made over $12.5 million already,

and counting. He probably has one of those signs on his bedroom door at

home! Two hours and six minutes. We also think of him now is just a

doubles player but he had a very good singles career at the start of

all of this as well. They are starting to raise towards a

tie-break now. A comfortable hold, with Murray Max serving well.

It took a long time coming. That was absolutely immaculate. Remarkable.

Something to build on now. A chance and merging here against

the Pospisil server. Break point in the last service game, a huge

moment. Great play. He moved so quickly

there. Two more break points. It wasn't a bad return from Jamie

Murray. He got a lot of height on that. Just wrong-footed. He was not

expecting Nestor to go white with it. The textbook shot would be

writes down the middle. Just trying to get that returning to

play, but you can't just get it back, I suppose you've got to do

something with it, but it is going so fast. Right on top of the net.

There is an opportunity there, in the second serve.

Now that is ambitious. To be that cute, or to look to be. And on such

an important point. He cannot quite get the connection

to get a connect on the lob. Very tough to time that. For many in this

match, measuring the speed of the ball is difficult. Pospisil is not

giving Jamie marry a look at any of these backhands. Is saying, you are

going to have to do a great lob, but until you do that, you are not

getting out of this. Every now and then, he comes up with a bit of

magic, Dom Inglot, reading the serve and mailing it. -- nailing it.

Huge hold from 15-40. 5-4, third set. STUDIO: They certainly had

their chances and now the pressure is back on the writ issued players

to serve to stay in this third set so we are staying with the tennis,

if you were expecting to see Dad's Army that will probably follow the

conclusion of the tennis. We are not sure how long this will go on but we

are staying with the Stirling University barmy Army and in Ottawa.

COMMENTATOR: Don't tell them your name, John! Classic, Dad's Army.

There are no one from seven in break points, Great Britain, you can look

at that in two ways, they will be hurting because they have not broken

that they are getting more of the opportunities. I would've thought it

would be more on Nestor's serve that they would have opportunities than

on Pospisil's serve. A problem that Pospisil allegedly had in his first

match that doesn't seem to have affected him too much. A question on

the rules, if the captain is given us out at the change of ends doesn't

that count as one of your treatments? That, I don't know!

Maybe it is the new job description. If it is a rub down, he hasn't

called for the trainer officially, I think you can do that as often as

you like! Interesting. Because in a regular tour match there is nobody

there to do that. Good point. Given a lesson overnight. Just in case.

A good message, a love hold. Nice rhythm on his serve in that game.

New balls, Nestor to serve. Still just the two breaks, Murray first

and then Nestor. Tie-breaks now in all five sets in

the Davis Cup and we might see five. Plenty of them.

When you watch the match on TV it looks fast but it does not look that

fast, probably people would wonder why they're not more returns going

back into the court, but is because when you are there, the court is

lightning. There is no reaction time.

There was an opportunity on the second serve, mind you. It's so

important not to get frustrated about not making returns because

that can have such a knock-on effect. Absolutely.

That will feel mighty good for Nestor, love hold. The pressure is

back on Great Britain. There was another Massad, Jamie! -- another

Massad -ish -- massage. An interesting point because of the

physio is giving him a lesson on how to put those points in

anti-recovered,... A massage is a massage. That person wouldn't be

sitting there if it was a regular too much. Normally there would be

rules for that. Over the years and still over the year, the medical

time-out rule, the players that take it sometimes for tactical reasons,

some have admitted to it, should it be the same as in boxing? But when

the umpire calls time, which is what he's just done, you are either ready

to play or you are not. I agree, I would say that or get rid of it

altogether. I appreciate that there are medical staff at hand for a

genuine emergency, no problem with that but everything else I think we

can get rid of. Those countless drills where you

stand right at the top of the net and you see here balls are smacked

at you, ferocity from just over the servers line, and you get used to

putting away those reaction volleys, otherwise you get hit. That's one of

the drills, he gets a big cardboard box full of balls and gets people to

hit them from the baseline straight at the net. Sometimes you think, how

many times will you need that shot? Well we have just seen two in a row

in one game when they are just about to get into a tie-breaker,

hopefully. The other big benefit of that, more than anything, it gives

the net player over time as they get better it gives them the confidence

to close down the net because they know they will still be quick

enough. If you are taking your own time away you are not likely to get

that close. Still got to look out for the lob

though. Third set, third tie-breaker.

21-sided ones so far. -- 21 sided ones so far. Both have been

one-sided, so far. Is that left leg really starting to

get sore? He has too played Dan Evans first in the reverse singles

tomorrow. - he has got to play Dan Evans first tomorrow.

Well played. Nearly two and a half hours, this much, Kyle Edmund

against Pospisil went on for two hours and eight minutes. This is a

marathon! That could be a huge point that the British pair, Inglot did

really well to pick that volley off his shoelaces. -- huge point for the

British pair. Such a good length. Excellent 1-2

punch there. Big serve, followed by a volley that was difficult, really

difficult. Brilliant. Playing a fabulous

tie-breaker so far, Inglot. Strange how the tie-breakers have been so

one sided. The Canadians won almost all the points in the second set

tie-break, the British took almost all the points in the first

tie-break and yet it has been so tight otherwise. Part of that could

be because it is so tight and the players are so aware of how

important getting a lead is, even if it is just one mini-break, once that

has happened, there's been a double whammy, the team that have got a

head have had such a lift and played some other good points at the same

time as the team that I've lost the early break. It's a bit OK, we are

up against it here. That need must be feeling sora by

the second. That knee must be feeling sorer by the second.

Five set points. Fantastic noise the British supporters are making. Every

point won in this tie-break, I am having to check if the Canadians won

the point! Check where this match is being played!

Tough shot to make. Needed to be so delicate there. So close to the net.

It is wide! Great Britain have taken the lead, two sets to one in this

pivotal doubles match! Wants to go to the toilet, Jamie

Murray. I don't know what the problem was earlier. He has asked

for the trainer as well, I think, for when he gets back. Your

thoughts? Just a fabulous tie-break. A couple of points at the beginning

again, Great Britain with a sharper team at the beginning of the

tie-break. As you say, it is strange how the tie-breakers have been so

one-sided. I thought we would see some really tight ones and both

teams pulled away in all three tie-breakers. I will make a

prediction that this set will not be a tie-breaker, I will go out on a

limb. Going back on what you said earlier! Actually come you didn't

say there would be a tie-breaker in every set. I will let you off. I

think Great Britain will come through. Interestingly, it is

Pospisil's server that has really come under pressure in at least two

service games and then he hit that double fault in the first point of

the tie-break. We are talking about one point but and huge difference

because breast 3-0 lead sounds and feels like a lot. -- a 3-0 lead.

Pospisil looked so tight at the beginning of the match yesterday.

Sweat pouring from him, that was one his knee went and then it got better

as the match went on, it was similar here, there were those two types

service games out of nowhere when he had been holding so easily and

suddenly his knee needs lots of attention again.

He is sort of glazed, looking ahead. He had the weight on his shoulders,

the weight that Andy Murray has carried so well, the expectation of

three wins from his three rubbers this weekend, he plays Dan Evans

this weekend, Dan Evans has had a day off, it all comes into the mix.

Dan Evans will be taking a sneaky look and see what is going on with

the treatment and will be happy. It is a lot to ask to play three

matches back-to-back in the Davis Cup especially when you have been in

Pospisil's position of not playing enough matches. It is different if

you are playing regularly and winning at a high level but when you

haven't and you have to win three matches in three days it's very

difficult. I think they making the point to the referee. And now the

trainer is on, treating Pospisil. What is the difference? He does have

the medical certificate to treat... This is now the time in this match.

Is this a time-out, a medical time-out being called by Canada, as

we saw yesterday? And Great Britain using the trainer too. It is all

happening! Just what you were saying about the doubles, and 1-1 it's

always so pivotal in the Davis Cup tie. I would not normally give it as

much credit as I am about to but I think the result of this match will

have a significant bearing on the result of the first singles

tomorrow. If Canada are leading 2-1, the prospects of Pospisil beating

Dan Evans go up by a long way. I agree. The percentage of teams that

win that particular type, I think it's hugely in favour of the doubles

winners. Absolutely. It is a great competition for all of that, we

talked about it yesterday, we have talked about and figures, revamping

and because the top players are not supporting it, Novak Djokovic is the

only top players supporting at this weekend, and it's a non-Olympic year

but is a wonderful competition for so many reasons. It is fantastic. We

all love this competition. It is incredible but it cannot survive at

the level it should if the top players, this amount of players

don't play it. It will always be there but it won't have the prestige

that it has had. It can't. Something will happen.

I think the only way it could be revamped is that the sacrifice of

some lesser events on the ATP to. So you think which one of the Masters

Series will happily give up their tournament, and there lies the

problem! Everyone acts independently, their tournament

directors, the IVF, etc. If the top ten players get together and sort

those out, they have the power to make it happen because if they do

not play, the competition will lose all of its prestige at some stage.

This first round has been a huge eye opener, it has to be, to the ITF,

this cannot continue. That is so good. Good point about

player power. I wonder, when you look at the top players now, where

they are in their career, have they been so good because each one of

them has won the Davis Cup? So the chances of them committing... That

is a good point. Even if it doesn't benefit them it could benefit the

next generation if they change these rules. I know we are going on about

this now but it is an important point, look at how it's transformed

Novak Djokovic's career, the euphoria in Serbia when they won the

trophy, and for the rest of the Serbian players, it is amazing for

you individually. Ask Andy Murray how much it means to him to have the

winner's Trophy as part of his CV, he gave everything for it for year

and a half. That is outstanding. That was a

class doubles point. We just haven't seen enough of it because of the

speed of the court but this is what it is all about. 75% of the people

watching this match only play doubles, this is what they played

themselves so to watch a point like that they will be thinking maybe we

could play that sort of point. Probably not. But at least you can

dream about it. Two fabulous points in that game.

More of those, please! The crowd have been starved of this sort of

action. Brilliant when they produce it.

Just like in the second set, the British team serving first with a

one set advantage, I think their prime focus at the moment will be to

keep their noses in front. Really all their attention on their service

games, no loose errors. They caught a cold at the start of

the second, didn't they, when Murray was broken.

Surprising it is only the first time because it is a huge step.

is a in this fourth set. -- SUE BARKER: If you are truly a expecting

QI XL, that will probably be shown later on this evening, depending on

the length of this match. That is a quiz where you are rewarded for

answers that are interesting. Well, this is absolutely fascinating.

Going nowhere, staying with the tennis until its on BBC Two.

It really is that cliffhanger type feel. Slowly but surely, they're

getting it done. Pospisil, more treatment on Manly, leg. -- on that

knee, leg. We don't know how bad this is but if Canada were to win

this next two sets, if he goes to five sets, which they would have to

do to stay in this match, it is going to be tough to see how they

could come out tomorrow and beat someone like Dan Evans, who defends

so well and makes you play so many balls. It's hard to say how he could

do that without that many matches. Although saying that, Roger Federer

just won the Australian Open after having not played for six months.

Although Pospisil is not Roger Federer.

Long, with no challengers. Some seriously bad bounces on the court

yesterday. There are some dead spots. I remember seeing a few bad

ones in the singles. It looks like a Dom Inglot knows

that he is going, and he just pulls off that forehand, hooking it wide

with an open court. Blocked again. Another

anti-inflammatory. Just two breaks of serve, marry and Nestor broken in

the second set. -- Murray. Well done. That really is well done,

at 0-15. An excellent half-volley. That was really clever. He held off

playing that's just long enough because he knew there was a lot of

movement in front of him. A great pick up.

He makes those look so easy, Jamie Murray. But still, the angle.

Two in one game, he loves that shot. And he got a chance to have a go at

the Pospisil serve next game. The legal leg on this serve, that is the

one that is giving his problems. -- and the leader leg on this serve,

that is the one that is giving him problems. He will be less lively on

this set. I don't think I've seen Nestor's facial expression change

throughout this whole match. It never does, though, does it? I

suppose if you have been playing for as long as he has, nothing surprises

you any more. It is just another match. This is special, the Davis

Cup, but he has been there and done it so many times. The oldest player

in Canada's Davis Cup history, naturally. Great Britain's, eldest,

Colin Gregory, in 1952, 40 eight. -- 48.

Huge pressure on Canada. Two sets to one down.

Well done. He has been trying to make that forehand return for a

while. He got hold of that nicely. He still had to compose himself on

that next shot. It was a big point and he knew it.

That is just brilliant. Both guys there, Jamie Murray, an exceptional

return. Great reflexes from Dominic Inglot. He is playing so well

tonight. Three more break points. One from seven so far, Great

Britain. That is amazing! That is outrageous.

That is the best volley of the match so far by miles. A look of disbelief

on the bench. I don't think anybody believes it, I am not sure of the

year then did himself. -- I am not sure if he even did himself. A

fabulous return from Inglot. That is how you get out of trouble

after that volley. That would have been amazing. That would have hurt

Great Britain. Is it in the decisive break? You

thought Britain would break and win this set, John. You are on track.

Still a way to go. But you have to say that Dom Inglot has played a

superb match. Jamie Murray has as well, but you sort of expect that

from Jamie Murray. The experience he has that. Dominic Inglot has not

played that many big matches at Davis Cup level. I think he has been

absolutely brilliant. This is just his fourth rubber. He has been

around a while but there is that pesky chap, Andy Murray, playing

instead of him all the time. He has had to wait for his chances. This is

a superb performance by himself are. He had to wait till last year in the

quarterfinals, beating Zimonjic, to get his first win.

Great server. One of his best of the match. It is going out to the Nestor

forehand, and he is taking on that side. He has been very successful.

All of a sudden, huge momentum shift. The crowd behind, slumped

back in their seats. Good hands. Great Britain breakaway.

They have breathing space at last. But they should not take anything

for granted. One thing I am surprised about in this fourth set

was that the Canadians opted for Pospisil to serve first. Given what

happened at the end of the third, where he was under quite a bit of

pressure, his last two service games, I would have thought that

perhaps Nestor would have maybe that is the down and said, I am holding

comfortable here, I will start this one off. It is terrific, in the home

ties, where sections of the crowd are given away to the away support.

It is always close to the relative bench, so it is very fair and

neutral in that sense but there is just a sea of British support

behind. Drowning out everything else. I wonder if there are actually

rules that you cannot put them up in the gods, the furthest away, or

whether it is just an unwritten sporting thing.

Maybe I should ask if he wants me to stand over a bit more to the other

side. Too good. That really is good. A

nice feel on the backhand. A swinging volley to follow.

So the question has been asked and Dom Inglot is charged with

responsibility. He only offered one break point in the match on his

serve, and he lost it. Great Britain win the pivotal

doubles. Eight horrific performance away from home. -- a terrific

performance. It was a fantastic match. The atmosphere, the drama,

three tie-breakers, that always makes it interesting and I thought

that to me, Dom Inglot was the best player on the court over four sets.

Jamie Murray backed him up superbly but you expect that from Jamie

because he is such a great doubles player and has been for a while. But

what a performance. That was a big match for Dom Inglot to come

through, in a pressure situation. I thought he was a class act. And you

feel so pleased for him because he set there for so many Thais

supporting Great Britain, being the hitter, doing everything you could

imagine and Leon Smith is always spoken glowingly about his

contribution, almost as a nonplaying member of the team. He has been so

desperate to get out on the court and he almost had to check himself

then because he was prepared for playing but it was not happening

because of Andy Murray. And that was the right thing for Andy Murray to

be picked in these double matches but it just shows that he is ready

and it Andy Murray -- Jamie Murray plays in a match and has a long

first match, and decides that perhaps he is a little bit fatigued,

we can now see that we have a team and we have a player that can step

in without any hesitation. And Pospisil has taken quite a bit out

of himself today I head of the reverse singles tomorrow. And to be

honest, Dan Evans is not the person you want to play under those

circumstances because he gets a lot of balls back. He makes you play a

lot of shots and we saw that in his first match. He gets the ball back.

He has matured a lot. I think that will be a very tough at for the

Canadians to come back and win that match tomorrow. And there is the

celebrations. It is not job done yet. They have played a magnificent

part. Well, you don't think it is an away match, that is how well and how

amazingly well the British support has been in these away matches the

last few years. The home advantage has been taken away, crowd wise.

Completely. And in the end it was two from ten on the break points. Is

that because they were getting so many chances? It was just a matter

of time. They were sharper in that set, and eventually took the

chances. They deserved this win. A terrific position after day two.

Inglot and Murray for Great Britain, 2-1 up. SUE BARKER: We talk about it

being a crucial match and it could be just that. Britain 2-1 up and it

goes down to the final day when Dan Evans will be first on court to play

Pospisil, and you can see that on the red button at five o'clock

tomorrow. If needed, Kyle Edmund will be up against the 17-year-old,

Denis Shapovalov off, so those are the two matches we will look forward

to tomorrow. And Jamie has made his way down here. What a match that

was. You just felt that that third set tie-break was the pivotal moment

of the match. It was massive. It was not the most amazing tennis to

watch, we knew that would be the case, but my goodness there was a

lot of tension. The tie-breaks were funny because they were one-sided.

It was almost as if the team with an early lead got a massive left. In

the fourth set, it was good for the British team. Serving first, they

were able to keep their nose in front, which was something they lost

at the start of the second set. The momentum from the first sets

disappeared. That did not happen in the fourth. In the end, big gap

appeared. There was only going to be one winner after that. And you would

be worried if you were the Canadian captain, with Pospisil really

injured. Not getting up on his serve because of that leg injury, playing

Dan Evans tomorrow. Leon Smith must be happy with the situation. He will

be delighted, regardless of the injury. That match was absolutely

crucial, given what happened yesterday with Pospisil getting a

lift from that singles win against Kyle Edmund. I think the chances of

him beating Dan Evans in that match tomorrow are now much slimmer, and I

think you will see Dan Evans really get in the face of his opponent. He

will really pummel the backhand of Pospisil, who is by far the weakest

side. And we are hearing that the players are playing in Ottawa. We

may not be able to hear the whole interview but let's hear from Dom

and Jamie. Jamie, after yesterday's results, did it feel a little more

crucial to get 2-1 up going into Sunday? Obviously, yeah. There are

only three matches left and whoever wins has the lead going into Sunday.

Both teams knew how important it was. It was a 50-50 match going in.

There was a favourite and we knew it would be close. Because of the

surface and how everyone was serving. Everyone knows how to play

doubles. We were really happy to win the points and give our guys two

megabytes of the cherry tomorrow. What do you think was the turning

point going into the third and fourth sets? I think we started the

points better, making a few more returns. They started to get tired

as well. The service is not the easiest, it is so hard on the

joints. Pospisil played yesterday, and Nestor is older than us, so

there is no excuse for us to not outlast them. But we do good job and

we stayed strong. Dom played a great game in the fourth sets to break

serve and that was it. It was a fine margin. We will be back tomorrow.

Sorry for the overrun but Britain our 2-1 up in Ottawa. Bye-bye.