Davis Cup Blog Italy v GB Second day

What an amazing day!

Heavy rain had been forecast but it stayed away.

The singles match between Andy Murray and Andreas Seppi resumed at 5 all in the second set and we were all relieved when Andy Murray closed out the set 7-5 despite slipping on the wet area at the back of the court.
He then finished off the match 6-3 in the third set.

We then had around an hour and a half before the doubles match. Despite the proposed pairings in the programme, the two top players, Fognini and Andy Murray played with Bolelli and Colin Fleming respectively.

Fognini seemed to be struggling with his leg injury and lost three service games in a row to lose the first two sets 6-3 6-2. Then the Italians found some form and the Italian crowd started to make some noise. They won the third set 6-3 and were a break up in the fourth so the momentum was with the Italians. Fleming and Murray came back brilliantly to win 7-5 from 5-3 down.

The atmosphere was amazing with the British fans making lots of noise which must have made a difference!