{"id":297787,"date":"2023-10-31T23:27:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T23:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297787"},"modified":"2023-10-31T23:27:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T23:27:46","slug":"great-britains-davis-cup-captain-leon-smith-stands-by-andy-murray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/great-britains-davis-cup-captain-leon-smith-stands-by-andy-murray\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Britain&apos;s Davis Cup captain Leon Smith stands by Andy Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Great Britain&#8217;s Davis Cup captain Leon Smith stands by Andy Murray after his morale-sapping defeat by\u00a0Alex de Minaur at the Paris Masters\u00a0\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andy Murray smashed his racket in frustration after defeat at Paris Masters\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Scot he failed to close out a lead of 5-2 in the third set on Monday\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It was the fourth time he had been beaten by Alex de Minaur this year\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At least Andy Murray was not alone in blowing a winning lead in the opening round of the Paris Masters, which saw a trio of results with remarkable parallels.<\/p>\n<p>After the 36-year-old Scot lost to Alex de Minaur having spurned a match point, Richard Gasquet, 37, went out having missed three of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then, at the ludicrous hour of 2.15am, Stan Wawrinka, 38, also had match point before going down to Dominic Thiem.<\/p>\n<p>Often it is not just the legs that start going with age, it can be the sense of fearlessness which is more the preserve of youth.<\/p>\n<p>Looking on at Murray\u2019s painful exit on Monday was Davis Cup captain Leon Smith, who coached him as a teenager and has been courtside for many wins that were triumphs of nerve.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/22\/77183995-0-Andy_Murray_smashed_his_racket_in_frustration_after_losing_to_Al-a-70_1698790185575.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray smashed his racket in frustration after losing to Alex de Minaur at Paris Masters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/22\/77245081-0-image-a-79_1698790392895.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Great Britain&#8217;s Davis Cup captain Leon Smith has backed Murray to bounce back from defeat<\/p>\n<p>With the Davis Cup finals week looming, and GB in a quarter-final against Serbia, Smith was well aware what a morale-booster it would have been for Murray to beat the player with a unique 6-0 career record over him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Andy\u2019s a bloody good tennis player and he\u2019s not been far away in some matches,\u2019 said Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This would\u2019ve been a good win against the No 13 player in the world, he\u2019s so close to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There have been moments this year where he could\u2019ve changed things by getting over the line, that will frustrate him. Where do you get confidence from? By winning. There\u2019s a reason to keep pushing, it\u2019s Davis Cup.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Carlos Alcaraz was dealt a blow in his bid to finish the year as world No 1 as he was upset 6-3, 6-4 by Roman Safiullin in the first round in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12695327\/Great-Britains-Davis-Cup-captain-Leon-Smith-stands-Andy-Murray-morale-sapping-defeat-Alex-Minaur-Paris-Masters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Britain&#8217;s Davis Cup captain Leon Smith stands by Andy Murray after his morale-sapping defeat by\u00a0Alex de Minaur at the <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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