BRITAIN ON BRINK OF RELEGATION
Murray and co face Davis Cup wilderness
GREAT BRITAIN are on the edge of relegation to the Davis Cup wilderness after an injured Andy Murray failed to prevent a defeat in the doubles against Poland.
Murray and Ross Hutchins lost 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.
And if Murray and Dan Evans, a 19-year-old ranked 302 in the world, don't win both singles matches today, Britain will go down to the Cup's Europe/ Africa Group II, where they could come up against the likes of Monaco or Ireland.
Murray aggravated a wrist injury during his victory against Michael Przysiezny on Friday, and is doubtful for today.
The Scot said: "You can't tell until a few hours afterwards whether or not you have done an injury any harm, but I'm hopeful that it's okay.
"I can't say how close I came to not playing today. We talked about it and I thought I would just give it a try."
Murray and Hutchins squandered all but one of 19 break points they earned during the match, including six in the final game, in Liverpool.
Murray added: "That was terrible. You can't win matches by not taking chances on so many break points. They sometimes made it difficult on those points, but that is a terrible stat."
Coach John Lloyd said: "Dan is ready to go out there and win it. That's what Davis Cup is all about. I think he'll do it."
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