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Andy Murray and British team welcomed at No. 10 Downing Street. Two days after their historic Davis Cup triumph over Belgium in Ghent, the winning British team was invited to meet with Prime Minister David Cameron at No. 10 Downing Street in London on Tuesday.
It is time for the light of British tennis to shine on Kyle Edmund as he makes his debut for Aegon GB in every possible way.
Twenty children from Clovenstone Primary School, Edinburgh enjoyed a big surprise on Tuesday. The Aegon GB Davis Cup Team and Captain Leon Smith took time out of their busy preparations to serve up a winning start to the day for this local breakfast club.
Britain was back in the Davis Cup’s World Group draw today but the nation’s tennis future could be thrown into disarray as Scottish Sports Minister Shona Robison maintains a ‘yes’ vote for independence in the referendum on September 18, 2014 would mean Scotland will press ahead with plans to have Olympic and Paralympic teams at Rio 2016.
The British team under Leon Smith recovered from a 2-0 deficit after the first day of competition for the first time in 83 years
Without Murray the prospects for the British team are not good, though they do have the home advantage with the tie being held in the Ricoh Arena in Coventry
When Leon Smith was handed the task of guiding British tennis into the next decade and building far greater strength in depth near the top of the game, many believed he was put into a position of such importance because of his relationship to Andy Murray.
