{"id":287878,"date":"2023-09-17T01:35:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T01:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=287878"},"modified":"2023-09-17T01:35:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T01:35:32","slug":"andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray ready to take centre stage again in Sunday&apos;s David Cup tie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Andy Murray ready to take centre stage with Sunday&#8217;s tie against France set to pull the largest crowd ever for a Davis Cup tie in the UK<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andy Murray beat Switzerland&#8217;s Leonardo Riedi 6-7 6-4 6-4 in the Davis Cup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He broke down in tears, revealing he missed his grandmother&#8217;s funeral to play\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Deep into the twilight of his career, Andy Murray remains one of the most fascinating and compelling of athletes, refusing to leave centre stage.<\/p>\n<p>Just when it seemed he might sit out this week\u2019s Davis Cup finals qualifying group stage, in he swooped on Friday to score a vital point to help Great Britain to a 2-1 victory over Switzerland \u2014 accompanied by the emotional revelation that he had missed his grandmother\u2019s funeral to do so.<\/p>\n<p>He may yet be involved again on Saturday in the last match against France at Manchester\u2019s AO Arena, which is expected to pull the largest crowd ever for a Davis Cup tie held in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Murray had kept the situation around the funeral private from his team captain, Leon Smith. Having discussed the matter with his father, and received his blessing, the double Wimbledon champion opted to fulfil a pre-planned commitment. His decision to play is in line with the Scot\u2019s extraordinary dedication to his profession.<\/p>\n<p>His display of emotion after beating Leandro Riedi on Friday \u2014 sparked when the on-court interviewer randomly referenced a 90-year-old lady in the crowd \u2014 is part of a long-seen pattern of him not being afraid to shed tears in public.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/17\/75480511-0-image-a-1_1694793665777.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray broke down in tears following his win for Great Britain at the Davis Cup after revealing that he had missed his grandmother&#8217;s funeral to play in the match\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/17\/75480945-12523573-image-a-13_1694794457048.jpg\" height=\"449\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He battled past\u00a0Switzerland&#8217;s Leonardo Riedi in gruelling fashion on Friday, winning\u00a06-7 6-4 6-4<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12526861\/Andy-Murray-ready-centre-stage-Sundays-tie-against-France-set-pull-largest-crowd-Davis-Cup-tie-UK.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Murray ready to take centre stage with Sunday&#8217;s tie against France set to pull the largest crowd ever for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Andy Murray ready to take centre stage again in Sunday&amp;apos;s David Cup tie - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andy Murray ready to take centre stage again in Sunday&amp;apos;s David Cup tie - Sports Love Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andy Murray ready to take centre stage with Sunday&#8217;s tie against France set to pull the largest crowd ever for\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Love Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-17T01:35:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Andy-Murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-Sundayaposs-David-Cup-tie.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/\",\"name\":\"Andy Murray ready to take centre stage again in Sunday&apos;s David Cup tie - Sports Love Me\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-17T01:35:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-17T01:35:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tennis\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/category\/tennis\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Andy Murray ready to take centre stage again in Sunday&apos;s David Cup tie\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Love Me\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Andy Murray ready to take centre stage again in Sunday&apos;s David Cup tie - Sports Love Me","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Andy Murray ready to take centre stage again in Sunday&apos;s David Cup tie - Sports Love Me","og_description":"Andy Murray ready to take centre stage with Sunday&#8217;s tie against France set to pull the largest crowd ever for","og_url":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/","og_site_name":"Sports Love Me","article_published_time":"2023-09-17T01:35:32+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Andy-Murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-Sundayaposs-David-Cup-tie.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/","url":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/","name":"Andy Murray ready to take centre stage again in Sunday&apos;s David Cup tie - Sports Love Me","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-17T01:35:32+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-17T01:35:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/tennis\/andy-murray-ready-to-take-centre-stage-again-in-sundays-david-cup-tie\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tennis","item":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/category\/tennis\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Andy Murray ready to take centre stage again in Sunday&apos;s David Cup tie"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/","name":"Sports Love Me","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}