Murray to miss Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 14 Jul 2016

Britain Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England - 9/7/16 Great Britain's Andy Murray with his coach Ivan Lendl during a practice session REUTERS/Toby Melville

(Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Andy Murray will miss Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final clash against Serbia with captain Leon Smith naming Kyle Edmund and James Ward as his two singles players on Wednesday.

Murray was instrumental in helping Britain to their first Davis Cup victory for 79 years last November, but had suggested it was unlikely he would feature against Serbia, who are also missing their talisman Novak Djokovic.

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