Andy Murray sends Great Britain into Davis Cup semi-finals against Australia with comeback win

 
Semi-finals: Great Britain will face Australia in September
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Tom Allnutt19 July 2015

Great Britain are through to the Davis Cup semi-finals for the first time in 34 years after Andy Murray came from a set down to beat France's Gilles Simon.

Murray was playing his third match in as many days and fatigue looked to have taken its toll when he trailed Simon by a set and a break, but the Scot dug deep to win 4-6 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 6-0.

The victory handed Britain an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five tie and sets up a mouthwatering clash with Australia in the last four.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">GREAT BRITAIN WINS!! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/andy_murray" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-1881-https://twitter.com/andy_murray" data-vars-event-id="c23">@andy_murray</a> d. Simon 46 76(5) 63 60 to send Great Britain into a semifinal showdown v Australia <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/ZGIrKIPJnW" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-1881-http://t.co/ZGIrKIPJnW" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/ZGIrKIPJnW</a>— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/DavisCup/status/622785419604828160" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-1881-https://twitter.com/DavisCup/status/622785419604828160" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 19, 2015</a>

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