Andy Murray says Davis Cup a good chance to honour the Queen

Andy Murray feels like the Davis Cup event in Scotland will be a good chance for everyone to show how much the Queen meant to the British people.

Britain is currnetly in a state of mourning for their longest serving monarch in history after Queen Elizabeth II passed away on September 8th. The former British number one feels like it's a good chance for players and people of the British Isles to show how much the Queen meant to them:

“It’s obviously been a very sad week with the news about the Queen passing away, but I think here will be a chance for everyone to show how much she meant to everyone."

He continued:

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"I’m sure there’ll be songs sung and a minute’s silence observed. She obviously had an amazing life and I think here, these few days when GB are competing, will be a chance to celebrate her and everything that she did. I was very fortunate to get the opportunity to play in front of her and compete at Wimbledon when she came along to watch which was a really nice memory for me.”

When asked about the tennis-side of the event Murray admitted that the team is deep and the expectations are high:

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"It’s an opportunity for us to use all of the players in the team. It’s a bit different [this time]. Obviously we have a very strong team, a lot of depth, which hasn’t always been the case over the last 20 years or so. Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski originally would play pretty much all of the matches together. Then I played the bulk of the singles and doubles matches for a period of time.It’s obviously great to be playing back in the Davis Cup, representing Great Britain again, I’ve always loved doing it, especially here at the Emirates.”

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