It has only taken 37 years, but Great Britain finally makes the Davis Cup Final. Andy Murray was the golden egg this weekend, easily securing his singles wins against Thanasi Kokkinakis and and Bernard Tomic. More impressively, Andy and his brother Jaime dug deep and pulled out a nail-biter five set doubles match against Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Groth. The two Brits had a match point in the fourth set, but they failed to convert and eventually lost the set in a tiebreaker. They made up for it in the fifth set when they took advantage of Groth’s tight serving and broke him to take the match 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4.
Great Britain has not made it into a Davis Cup Final in 37 years, but this is nothing compared to the 111 year dry spell for Belgium. Argentina had the lead going into the final day. While the two countries had split on the first day, Leonardo Mayer and Carlos Berlocq clinched a tight four set doubles match. Luck proved once again to be on Belgium’s side though when Diego Schwartzman replaced Mayer in singles only to be utterly destroyed by David Goffin 6-3 6-2 6-1 to force a fifth rubber. Steve Darcis and Federico Delbonis, two evenly ranked players, took the court to decide who would have a spot in the Davis Cup Final. Darcis handled the pressure beautifully, and he secured Belgium’s spot in the final in a fourth set tiebreaker.
With home advantage, Belgium will choose the court surface and location for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final.
