TENNIS – 2014 Davis Cup. Italy managed to pull off a stunning comeback on day 3 of the quarter final rubber against Great Britain. On Saturday Andy Murray beat Andreas Seppi and then won the doubles with Colin Fleming to give the visitors a 2-1 lead. The first singles of the day saw the Wimbledon champion face Fognini. Murray new that a win would seal a historic qualification for Britain, but he seemed powerless to stop Fabio Fognini who beat him 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. The final match was going to settle the tie and Andreas Seppi defeated James Ward 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 to book Italy’s place in the semifinals for the first time in 16 years.
Listen to Andy Murray’s post match press conference Part 1
Listen to Andy Murray’s post match press conference Part 2
Leon Smith’s post match press conference. Smith “The crowd was great, this is Davis Cup”
Ubaldo speaks to Neil Harman of The Times “Fognini was faultless”
Ubaldo speaks to Malcolm Folley of the Mail on Sunday “If Scotland was to turn independent on September the 18th then the British Davis Cup team you saw today would all be playing for Scotland!”
Look at the images from day 3 by Vincenzo Artiano