Davis Cup Tennis 2015: Saturday Scores and Results, Updated Semi-Finals Schedule

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Published: September 19, 2015

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Great Britain took a 2-1 lead over Australia in the 2015 Davis Cup semi-finals on Saturday, as Andy and Jamie Murray saw off Lleyton Hewitt and Samuel Groth in a pulsating five-set doubles match.

The brothers came from a set down to beat the Australians 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4.

Argentina put their noses in front against Belgium in the day's other doubles encounter, with Leonardo Mayer and Carlos Berlocq seeing off Steve Darcis and Ruben Bemelmans in four sets.

Here are the results from Saturday's action, as well as the remaining schedule for the semi-finals.



 

Great Britain 2-1 Australia Dominic Inglot was originally supposed to partner Jamie Murray in the doubles, but in a late change, captain Leon Smith opted to bring in the world No. 3 instead, per British Tennis:



Per the Daily Mail's Stuart Fraser, the match was only the second time the brothers had lined up together in their home country, and the pair took some time to find their rhythm, as the Australians broke them in the first set following some confused positioning to go 4-2 up.

From there, Hewitt and Groth remained in control thanks to some strong serving on their part.

The Scots soon became much more fluid in their play, though, and after initially following serve broke their opponents thanks largely to some outstanding volleys from Jamie. Fraser highlighted the older brother's performance at the net:



They did indeed hold in the next game to give them a commanding lead in the set and duly levelled the scores at 1-1.

Hewitt and Groth raced to a 4-1 lead in the third set, but some excellent alternate serving and volleying from the Murrays and some loose play from Groth saw the brothers win five consecutive games to put their noses in front for the first time.

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